A research agenda for food systems / edited by Colin L. Sage (independent research scholar).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sage, Colin, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar research agendas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food industry and trade--Research.

Food industry and trade.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.

Summary:

"Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Illuminating the global food system as a highly dynamic set of interconnecting interests and sub-systems that drives rapid technological, societal, and cultural change, this cutting-edge Research Agenda examines the pressing issues that confront food systems, and the emerging responses to them. Chapters from internationally renowned specialists address the pressing issues facing food systems, including the growing concentration and power of large agri-food corporations, the contribution of food production to climate breakdown, the exploitation of agricultural labour, food poverty, and the reconfiguration of animal bodies. Reviewing possible 'solutions', chapters then examine the potential for a digital agricultural revolution, the contribution of alternative proteins in dietary change, and the emergence of regionalized and regenerative food systems. The book concludes with a look towards hybrid foodscapes, exploring how design can help us to re-imagine our stake in food systems of the future. Interdisciplinary, holistic, and accessible in its approach, this innovative book will prove vital to students and scholars engaged in the study of food - from production to consumption - as well as those concerned with policymaking in the fields of public health and nutrition, food governance, sustainability, and environmental advocacy"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: foreword: The urgency of food systems research / Tim Lang

acknowledgements

Part I: Introduction

1. Introduction: A research agenda for food systems / Colin L. Sage

Part II: Issues

2. The rise of big food and agriculture: Corporate influence in the food system / Jennifer Clapp

3. The food system, planetary boundaries and eating for 1.5°c: The case for mutualism and commensality within a safe and just operating space for humankind / Colin L. Sage

4. Agricultural labour in the global food system / Alicia Reigada and Carlos de Castro

5. Food systems and food poverty / Martin Caraher

6. Reconfiguring animals in food systems: An agenda for research / Lewis Holloway

Part III: 'solutions?'

7. The fourth agricultural revolution: Technological developments in primary food production / David Christian Rose, Mondira Bhattacharya, Auvikki de Boon, Ram Kiran Dhulipala, Catherine Price and Juliette Schillings

8. Of fake meat and an anxious anthropocene: towards a cultural political economy of alternative proteins and their implications for future food systems / Alexandra E. Sexton and Michael K. Goodman

9. Urban food systems: The case for municipal action / Jess Halliday

10. Circular food systems: A blueprint for regenerative innovations in a regional UK context / Steffen Böhm, Rebecca Sandover, Stefano Pascucci, Laura Colombo, Sophie Jackson and Matt Lobley

11. Design at the end of the food system: Hybrid foodscapes in the realm of consumption / Kata Fodor

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781800880269 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.