Naslov
Microbial zadruga? Looking to the past for directions on how to move forwards.

Autori
Czerny, Sarah Caroline

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Skup
Just Food: Because It Is Never Just Food

Mjesto i datum
New York., S.A.D., (ONLINE), 09.06.2021. - 15.06.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Food hygiene regulations, human-animal relations, milk

Sažetak
Due to Croatia’s accession to the European Union in 2013, Croatian dairy farmers had to reorganise their milk and cheese production to align themselves with European Union food safety regulations. As noted by scholars working in other “post-socialist” social contexts (Dunn 2003), large corporations can more easily implement these regulations because of economies of scale. Nevertheless, this is problematic. Firstly, rather than stopping work altogether, in response, some small farms have started to operate in the “grey market, ” where they illegally sell their products. A second issue is that the consumption of unregulated milk presents a risk to the health of those consumers who purchase this milk. Finally, it means that small scale farms become priced out of the market, which raises environmental and ethical questions. In this paper, I begin by drawing out these issues and then considering how it might be possible to adhere to European Union regulations and enable small farms to work legally. I discuss how an earlier form of multiple family household organisation, the zadruga, might be used. As I describe, a zadruga enabled people to pool and share their resources and infrastructure, which offers a possible model for cheese and milk production on small farms. For the final part of the paper, I consider this more generally regarding food hygiene regulations. I argue that rather than abandoning them, it is helpful to revisit traditional food production methods.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Etnologija i antropologija

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