A research agenda for food systems

Author(s)

• Sage, Colin

Bibliographic Information

A research agenda for food systems

edited by Colin L. Sage

（Elgar research agendas）

E. Elgar, c2022

• : cased

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword: The urgency of food systems research xiii Tim Lang Acknowledgements xix PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction: A Research Agenda for Food Systems 3 Colin L. Sage PART II ISSUES 2 The rise of big food and agriculture: corporate influence in the food system 45 Jennifer Clapp 3 The food system, planetary boundaries and eating for 1.5 DegreesC: the case for mutualism and commensality within a safe and just operating space for humankind 67 Colin L. Sage 4 Agricultural labour in the global food system 89 Alicia Reigada and Carlos de Castro 5 Food systems and food poverty 111 Martin Caraher 6 Reconfiguring animals in food systems: an agenda for research 129 Lewis Holloway PART III 'SOLUTIONS?' 7 The fourth agricultural revolution: technological developments in primary food production 151 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 175 Alexandra E. Sexton and Michael K. Goodman 9 Urban food systems: the case for municipal action 199 Jess Halliday 10 Circular food systems: a blueprint for regenerative innovations in a regional UK context 221 Steffen Boehm, 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 243 Kata Fodor Index 259

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Details

• NCID: BC18849966
• ISBN:
  • 9781800880252
• LCCN: 2022943157
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cheltenham, U.K.
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 272 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 338.19
  • LCC : HD9000.6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Food supply
  • LCSH : Food industry and trade
  • LCSH : Research
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB22096445