Organic Farming in Thailand: A Conversation with Judith Bopp

Authors

  • Judith Bopp Rachel Carson Center
  • Mascha Gugganig Center for Life Sciences and Society, Munich

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5282/rcc-springs-15640

Abstract

This conversation between Judith Bopp and Mascha Gugganig discusses Bopp’s research on organic farming in Thailand, with her particular focus on the nexus of health–nutrition–ecology and how this relates to household resilience. It goes into local approaches to microbial diversity, the influence of agrochemical lobbies and small-scale farmers’ mindsets, and calls for reformulating farming narratives.

Author Biographies

  • Judith Bopp, Rachel Carson Center

    Judith Bopp is a cultural geographer working on organic food movements both in rural and urban contexts. She joined the RCC in 2023 with her DFG-funded research to work on “Fostering the Health–Nutrition–Ecology Nexus: Organic Farming Practices and Household Resilience in Rural Thailand.” She has a background in linguistics as well and is passionate about ecolinguistics and how to shape relatable narratives to live by.

  • Mascha Gugganig, Center for Life Sciences and Society, Munich

    Mascha Gugganig is a senior lecturer (akademische Rätin), codirector of the Center for Life Sciences and Society at the Faculty of Biology, LMU, and an affiliated researcher at the RCC. With a background in sociocultural anthropology, science and technology studies (STS), and the environmental humanities, she likes to challenge boundaries between nature and culture, society and science, arts and technology, and currently researches grassroots innovations and emancipatory technologies for agroecological farming.

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Published

27-05-2025

Issue

No. 7 (2025)

Section

Articles

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Copyright (c) 2025 Judith Bopp and Mascha Gugganig

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