ABSTRACT
Based on ethnographic feldwork, this chapter investigates the awkward mar-riage of ecotourism and industrial foriculture in Naivasha, Kenya. The relation-ship between these ‘uncomfortable bedfellows’ is rooted in Kenyan desires to participate meaningfully in global commerce without entirely sacrifcing national spaces to global production. In Kenya, wildlife and foriculture are both regarded as critical national assets. One must be preserved as part of the nation's allegiance to its heritage and the other must be fostered as a symbol of the nation's aspirations for development. At this nexus, local actors attempt to ‘harmonize’ the multiple environmentalities (Fletcher 2010) that animate both conservation practice and economic life in Naivasha.
