Food security, nutrition and sustainability/
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London New York:
Earthscan,
2010
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Table of 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 Kingdomʹs 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.