Market Dependency as Prohibitive of Agroecology and Food Sovereignty—A Case Study of the Agrarian Transition in the Scottish Highlands

While there have been calls amongst the more ‘political’ or ‘radical’ agroecology and food sovereignty advocates for a break from capitalist systems, conceptualisations of capitalism, thus counter-capitalism, vary widely. The movements largely presented small-scale producers peasants as alternatives to industrial focused on reducing input dependency path towards autonomy realisation agroecological systems. An alternative this approach is here through applying Ellen M. Wood’s conceptualisation capitalism characterised by ‘market dependency’ case agrarian transition in Scottish Highlands. This article demonstrates specific ways which market dependency, including agricultural outputs, not just inputs, leads divergence It argues that identifying defining characteristic could strengthen refine focus movements.