Eighth International Conference on Food Studies

Abstract

In this paper, I examine how distinctly indigenous organic producers think about the human-nature relationship across geographical scales and how these ideas are intertwined with practices of social and environmental care. Such environmental practices are promoted by a local association for indigenous and small producers to whom they belong, and supported by organic certification for international markets. While dealing with persistent scarcity of rural labor through a potentially non-profit approach, crop diversification provides a strategy for economic sustainability. I carried out field research in summer 2018, including on-site visits, participant observation, and in-depth, semi-structured interviews with indigenous leaders and members of this Colombian association.