Alison Blay-Palmer

Food Fears (eBook, PDF)

From Industrial to Sustainable Food Systems

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The industrial food system of the West is increasingly perceived as problematic. The physical, social and intellectual distance between consumers and their food stems from a food system that privileges quantity and efficiency over quality, with an underlying assumption that food is a commodity, rather than a source of nourishment and pleasure. In the wake of various food and health scares, there is a growing demand from consumers to change the food they eat, which in turn acts as a catalyst for the industry to adapt and for alternative systems to evolve. Drawing on a wealth of empirical research into mainstream and alternative North American food systems, this book discusses how sustainable, grass roots, local food systems offer a template for meaningful individual activism as a way to bring about change from the bottom up, while at the same time creating pressure for policy changes at all levels of government. This movement signals a shift away from market economy principles and reflects a desire to embody social and ecological values as the foundation for future growth.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317134381
• Artikelnr.: 49352395

Autorenporträt

Dr Alison Blay-Palmer is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Food Fear: Making Connections
Alison Blay-Palmer
Betsy Donald; Chapter 2 The Industrial Revolution of Food
Alison Blay-Palmer; Chapter 3 'It's All About the Sizzle'
Alison Blay-Palmer; Chapter 4 Growing Distances: The Separation of Farmers
Ecologies and Eaters
Alison Blay-Palmer; Chapter 5 Translating Fear: Mad Cows
Killer Carrots and Industrial Food
Alison Blay-Palmer; Chapter 6 Eating Organic in an Age of Insecurity
Betsy Donald
Alison Blay-Palmer; Chapter 7 Manufacturing Food Fear
Alison Blay-Palmer
Betsy Donald; Chapter 8 Creating Mutual Food Systems
Alison Blay-Palmer;