Abstract
Agriculture and produce have always provided a fundamental link between rural and urban areas. However, global agricultural trade has reduced the reliance of cities on their surrounding areas for food, resulting in both a disruption in the agri-food link and an increasing ecological imbalance. This paper proposes to integrate the metabolic rift theory, rooted in political economy tradition, and agroecology, an approach extensively developed as a science, farming practice and social movement in Latin America. The emerging approach is called agroecological metabolism and helps to better understand the socio-ecological implications of the disruption and reconexion of the agri-food link between geographically proximate rural and urban sites. The paper also discusses the approach’s potential application in Latin America.
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