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“It feels regenerative”: An affective atmosphere of soil care in vegetable gardening “感觉再生”：蔬菜种植中土壤养护的情感氛围

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Agriculture and Human Values Pub Date : 2026-10-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10460-026-10973-8

Michiel van de Pavert, Jessica Duncan, David Ludwig

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Dana Simmons: On Hunger: Violence and craving in America, from starvation to Ozempic 达纳·西蒙斯：《论饥饿：美国的暴力与渴望，从饥饿到奥兹匹克》

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Agriculture and Human Values Pub Date : 2026-10-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10460-026-10956-9

Teresa Mares

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Make grow and let sweat: greenhouse technologies and climate risks among Romanian migrant farmworkers in Eastern Austria 种植和流汗：奥地利东部罗马尼亚移民农场工人的温室技术和气候风险

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Agriculture and Human Values Pub Date : 2026-10-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10460-026-10974-7

Paul Sperneac-Wolfer

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Combining inventories for ethical action: lessons from using ‘community ethnobotany’ for food forest design 结合道德行动清单：利用“社区民族植物学”设计食物森林的经验教训

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Agriculture and Human Values Pub Date : 2026-10-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10460-026-10980-9

Anna M. Roodhof, Melanie Ziegler, Lucie Sovová

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The allure and delusion of vertical plant factories in Canada and the politics of continuity 加拿大垂直工厂的诱惑和错觉以及连续性的政治

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Agriculture and Human Values Pub Date : 2026-09-29 DOI: 10.1007/s10460-026-10983-6

Richard S. Bloomfield, Tony Weis, Evan Bowness

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The legend of land sparing 土地节约的传说

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Agriculture and Human Values Pub Date : 2026-09-29 DOI: 10.1007/s10460-026-10985-4

Adam Calo, Olivia Oldham-Dorrington, Philip A. Loring, M. Jahi Johnson-Chappell

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Conservation dilemmas: Xylella fastidiosa and the future(s) of olive farming 保护困境：苛养木杆菌和橄榄种植的未来

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Agriculture and Human Values Pub Date : 2026-09-24 DOI: 10.1007/s10460-026-10970-x

Fabio Gatti

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Thinking beyond supermarkets: alternative pathways to food affordability 超越超市的思考：食品可负担性的替代途径

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Agriculture and Human Values Pub Date : 2026-09-23 DOI: 10.1007/s10460-026-10978-3

Aparna Raghu Menon, Sarah Elton

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Soil, solidarity, and sustainable agriculture: the grounded negotiation of environmental care in eco-farming 土壤、团结和可持续农业：生态农业中环境保护的基础谈判

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Agriculture and Human Values Pub Date : 2026-09-17 DOI: 10.1007/s10460-026-10948-9

Markus Holdo

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From fields to litigation: farmworker illness and transnational infrastructures of care in Austrian agriculture 从田间到诉讼：农场工人疾病和奥地利农业护理的跨国基础设施

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Agriculture and Human Values Pub Date : 2026-09-15 DOI: 10.1007/s10460-026-10975-6

Alesandra Tatić, Paul Sperneac-Wolfer

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