Food security, nutrition and sustainability / Geoffrey Lawrence, Kristen Lyons and Tabatha Wallington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawrence, Geoffrey.

Contributor:

Lyons, Kristen.

Wallington, Tabatha

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food supply.

Food industry and trade.

Sustainable agriculture.

Diet--Research.

Diet.

Nutrition--Research.

Nutrition.

Agricultural innovations.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2010.

Contents:

Introduction: food security, nutrition and sustainability in a globalized world / Geoffrey lawrence, Kristen Lyons and Tabatha Wallington

Breadbasket contradictions: the unstable bounty of industrial agriculture in the United States and Canada / Tony Weis

Security for whom? Changing discourses on food in Europe in times of a global food crisis / Gianluca Brunori and Angela Guarino

The re-emergence of national food security on the United Kingdom's strategic policy agenda: sustainability challenges and the politics of food supply / David Barling, Tim Lang and Rosalind Sharpe

Neoliberalism and food vulnerability: the stakes for the South / Gabriela Pechlaner and Gerardo Otero

Energy security, agriculture and food / Jago Dodson ... [et al.]

Unequal food systems, unhealthy diets / Sharon Friel and Wieslaw Lichacz

Explaining patterns of convenience food consumption / Lisa Schubert, Megan Jennaway and Helen Johnson

Public health and moral panic: sociological perspectives on the "epidemic of obesity" / Stewart Lockie and Susan Williams

The food regulatory system, is it protecting public health and safety? / Mark Lawrence

The "wellness" phenomenon: implications for global agri-food systems / David Burch and Geoffrey Lawrence

Supermarkets, food systems and public health: facing the challenges / Libby Hattersley and Jane Dixon

Bodies, bugs and dirt: sustainability re-imagined in community gardens / Kelly Donati, Susan Cleary and Lucinda Pike

Biofuels: finding a sustainable balance for food and energy / Sophia Murphy

Examining the mythologies of organics: moving beyond the organic/conventional binary? / Hugh Campbell ... [et al.]

Nanotechnology and the techno-corporate agri-food paradigm / Gyorgy Scrinis and Kristen Lyons

Conclusion: Big choices about the food system / Tim Lang.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

ISBN:

1844077756

9781844077755

OCLC:

423732348

Publisher Number:

99944055729