This article maps out the now large literature on Fordism, its crisis, and the transition toward post-Fordism and/or Globalization as it pertains to agriculture and food. It is divided into four sections. The first provides an overview of the conceptualizations, uses and critiques of the ideas of Fordism, post-Fordism, and Globalization as developed in the general economy and society literature. It includes discussion on the introduction of Fordism in the classical analysis of Antonio Gramsci, its reintroduction in the modern debate by members of the Regulationist school, the development of  the concepts of post-Fordism and Globalization, and, some of their salient critiques and alternatives. The second section focuses on the conceptualization and use of Fordism in the literature on agriculture and food. A brief historical panorama of the first theoretical formulations of Fordism in agriculture and food is presented accompanied by the illustration of more recent contributions which criticize the manners in which  Fordism has been applied in studies of this socio-economic sector. The third section presents a review of the recent debate. It reviews the concept of Global post-Fordism, and Structuralist, neo-Fordist, and Actor Network Theory arguments about Fordism and post-Fordism. The paper concludes with some brief remarks about the overall relevance of this body of knowledge.

Keywords: agriculture, food, globalization, Fordism, post-Fordism