Agriculture biologique, proximité et paysage

Abstract

This paper tries to put in perspective a not much examined triptych: proximity, organic farming, and landscape. We analyse is divided into three stages which combine three epistemes which have structured academic geography - geography by «école à la française», critical geography, and geography of territoriality. This approach of transcription is the spinal column of this paper to a foucaldian geography based on the works of geographer Raffestin. This paper is based on epistemical thoughts with the example of organic farming in the Paris-region (in comparison with the mainstream agricultural model). Organic farming is a marginal activity in this region, it has just begun to carve landscapes which are inserted between intensive farming landscapes.

Keywords

• organic farming
• proximity
• landscape
• territoriality
• Foucault
• Raffestin