'We are fed up' – encountering the complex German call for sustainable, small-scale agriculture. Issue 2 (23rd February 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nowack, Wiebke; Hoffmann, Harry
• Is Part Of: Journal of peasant studies. Volume 47:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 420
• Page End: 429
• Publication Date: 2020-02-23
• Subjects: Wir haben es satt -- agrarian opposition -- food movement -- agricultural policy -- Germany; Peasantry -- Periodicals; Sociology, Rural -- Periodicals; Rural development -- Periodicals; 305.563305
• DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2019.1628019
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0306-6150

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The German agrarian opposition, a broad societal movement consisting of farmers and diverse civic groups with origins in the 1980s, has established a new tradition. Since 2011, the movements' coordinating organizations annually initiate large-scale demonstrations in Berlin entitled 'We are fed up.' It provides a platform for critical voices and public protests regarding the prevailing agri-food system and implemented agricultural policies. By analysing insights as well as qualitative interviews with involved actors, this contribution outlines why the 'We are fed up'-demonstrations appear to be a deeply rooted rather than short-term phenomenon, thus providing a unique case of an agriculture and food movement in the Global North.