Food Security, Nutrition and Sustainability

ISBN-13: 9781844077755 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 296 str.

Geoffrey Lawrence; Geoffrey Lawrence; Kristen Lyons

Opis

This title links food security across the world to issues and challenges within the agri-food sector. It includes a wide range of case study material from all over the world.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Food Security, Nutrition and Sustainability in a Globalized World  Part 1: Global Food Security  2. Breadbasket Contradictions: The Unstable Bounty of Industrial Agriculture in the United States and Canada  3. Security for Whom? Changing Discourses on Food in Europe in Times of a Global Food Crisis  4. The Re-emergence of National Food Security on the United Kingdom's Strategic Policy Agenda: Sustainability Challenges and the Politics of Food Supply  5. Neoliberalism and Food Vulnerability: The Stakes for the South  6. Energy Security, Agriculture and Food  Part 2: Food Systems, Diet and Nutrition  7. Unequal Food Systems, Unhealthy Diets  8. Explaining Patterns of Convenience Food Consumption  9. Public Health and Moral Panic: Sociological Perspectives on the 'Epidemic of Obesity'  10. The Food Regulatory System - Is it Protecting Public Health and Safety?  11. The 'Wellness' Phenomenon: Implications for Global Agri-food Systems  12. Supermarkets, Food Systems and Public Health: Facing the Challenges  Part 3: Towards a Sustainable Agri-food Future  13. Bodies, Bugs and Dirt: Sustainability Re-imagined in Community Gardens  14. Biofuels: Finding a Sustainable Balance for Food and Energy  15. Examining the Mythologies of Organics: Moving Beyond the Organic/Conventional Binary?  16. Nanotechnology and the Techno-corporate Agri-food Paradigm  17. Conclusion: Drawing Evidence from the Food System for Future Policy