ABSTRACT

Covid-19 has highlighted the destructiveness of modern agro-industry upon biosphere and humanity. Its contribution to environmental degradation intertwines with socio-economic inequality and labour exploitation. There are increasing calls for a green new deal (GND) to counter these dangers. This article argues that a GND for agriculture must combat environmental degradation, social inequality and labour exploitation, rather than aim to re-boot capitalist economies. This article identifies a number of areas for discussion and political action - reorientation of state subsidies, workers' rights, agrarian reform, the decommodification of food, agroecology, possibilities for urban agriculture, the application of new technologies, and rewilding.

摘要

Covid-19 凸显了现代农业工业对生物圈和人类的破坏性。它对环境退化的贡献与社会经济不平等和劳动力剥削交织在一起。越来越多的人呼吁通过绿色新政 (GND) 来应对这些危险。本文认为，农业 GND 必须与环境退化、社会不平等和劳动力剥削作斗争，而不是旨在重新启动资本主义经济。本文确定了一些需要讨论和政治行动的领域——国家补贴的重新定位、工人权利、土地改革、食品去商品化、农业生态学、都市农业的可能性、新技术的应用和野化。