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From the Editor Agriculture and Human Values 21: v–vi, 2004. The current number has five articles and three In the and recommends moving away from current neoliberal Field reports. The first article (“Do inspection prac- policies. “There is a critical need to develop policies tices in organic agriculture serve organic values? A that foster equity in the face of globalization and to case study from Finland”) is by Laura Seppänen and return power to rural communities. These policies Juha Helenius. The authors track two inspections of must incorporate a social justice and environmental organic farms in Finland to determine the role that consciousness in step with the Australian community. advice rather than strict compliance might play in A more sensitive attention to agricultural production system redesign. They conclude “... that advice in must incorporate concern for rural communities. There which problems and their causes are jointly discussed is a strong need to improve access to services, educa- in inspections is needed both for promoting system tion, health, and welfare, and to provide infrastructure redesign and for enhancing anticipatory and develop- development such as transport and communications, to mental functions of organic inspections.” allow the revitalization of rural communities.” In the second paper, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Agriculture and Human Values Springer Journals

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2004 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
Subject
Philosophy; Ethics; Agricultural Economics; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; History, general; Evolutionary Biology
ISSN
0889-048X
eISSN
1572-8366
DOI
10.1023/B:AHUM.0000014304.43189.87
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Abstract

Agriculture and Human Values 21: v–vi, 2004. The current number has five articles and three In the and recommends moving away from current neoliberal Field reports. The first article (“Do inspection prac- policies. “There is a critical need to develop policies tices in organic agriculture serve organic values? A that foster equity in the face of globalization and to case study from Finland”) is by Laura Seppänen and return power to rural communities. These policies Juha Helenius. The authors track two inspections of must incorporate a social justice and environmental organic farms in Finland to determine the role that consciousness in step with the Australian community. advice rather than strict compliance might play in A more sensitive attention to agricultural production system redesign. They conclude “... that advice in must incorporate concern for rural communities. There which problems and their causes are jointly discussed is a strong need to improve access to services, educa- in inspections is needed both for promoting system tion, health, and welfare, and to provide infrastructure redesign and for enhancing anticipatory and develop- development such as transport and communications, to mental functions of organic inspections.” allow the revitalization of rural communities.” In the second paper,

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Published: Oct 5, 2004

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