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In Food John Coveney examines ‘food as … ’ identity politics industry regulation the environment justice and gastronomy. He explores how food helps us understand what it means to be human. The centrality of food in life and the importance of food as life is undeniable. As a source of biological substrates personal pleasure and political power food is and has been an enduring requirement of human biological social and cultural existence. In recent years interest in food has increased across the academic public and popular spheres fuelled by popular media’s constant play on the role of food and body size and food and cooking as a mass spectacle for TV audiences. Through food we construct our social identities our families and communities. However Coveney also highlights the tensions between the industrialisation of food the environment and the iniquitous distribution of food. He also considers how the food industries on which most of us must rely have also had direct effects on our bodies through diet and the development of illness and diseases. This accessible primer is for students and general readers alike indeed for anyone with an interest in food. It questions the idea that food is merely something inert on the plate. Instead it shows how influential symbolic powerful and transformative food has come to be.

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Britain's Food Supplies

Britain's Food Supplies

Originally published in 1952. In this fascinating book that examines the statistics the term food supplies is interpreted in a wide sense and it deals among other matters with such subjects as supplies from home agriculture and from overseas; food consumption; controls rationing and price regulations and Government purchasing of food. Included are chapters on world food supplies international organizations concerned with food and agriculture and development schemes in the Commonwealth and colonies. Food supply from the eighteenth century onwards is outlined and the dependence on imported food is discussed. | Britain's Food Supplies

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Food and Nutrition Sustainable food and health systems

Food and Nutrition Sustainable food and health systems

Food-how we produce prepare share and consume it-is fundamental to our wellbeing. It also connects the human body to the complex and dynamic systems of our environment. This is more significant than ever before in human history as climate change and increasing population impact on global ecosystems. This fourth edition of Food and Nutrition has been completely rewritten to reflect an ecosystems approach to human health. It is shaped around four dimensions of human nutrition: biology society environment and economy. Food and Nutrition provides a comprehensive overview of food components and the biochemistry of foods and digestion. It outlines nutrition needs at different life stages dietary disorders and social and cultural influences on food selection and consumption. It also explores the increasing influence of technology on agriculture and food preparation and recent research into intergenerational nutrition and nutrigenomics. At every stage it points to how you can impact your own health and the health of others as a global citizen and as a health or other food-system-related professional. Extensively illustrated with informative graphs diagrams and data and with examples glossaries and reflective exercises Food and Nutrition is the ideal introduction to the field of nutrition and dietetics for the 21st century and a valuable professional reference for early career dietitians. | Food and Nutrition Sustainable food and health systems

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Food Pedagogies

Food Pedagogies

In recent years everyone from politicians to celebrity chefs has been proselytizing about how we should grow buy prepare present cook taste eat and dispose of food. In light of this contributors to this book argue that food has become the target of intensified pedagogical activity across a range of domains including schools supermarkets families advertising and TV media. Illustrated with a range of empirical studies this edited and interdisciplinary volume - the first book on food pedagogies - develops innovative and theoretical perspectives to problematize the practices of teaching and learning about food. While many different pedagogues - policy makers churches activists health educators schools tourist agencies chefs - think we do not know enough about food and what to do with it the aims effects and politics of these pedagogies has been much less studied. Drawing on a range of international studies diverse contexts genres and different methods this book provides new sites of investigation and lines of inquiry. As a result of its broad ranging critical evaluation of ’food as classroom’ and ’food as teacher’ it provides theoretical resources for opening up the concept of pedagogy and assessing the moralities and politics of teaching and learning about food in the classroom and beyond.

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Digital Food Cultures

Digital Food Cultures

This book explores the interrelations between food technology and knowledge-sharing practices in producing digital food cultures. Digital Food Cultures adopts an innovative approach to examine representations and practices related to food across a variety of digital media: blogs and vlogs (video blogs) Facebook Instagram YouTube technology developers’ promotional media online discussion forums and self-tracking apps and devices. The book emphasises the diversity of food cultures available on the internet and other digital media from those celebrating unrestrained indulgence in food to those advocating very specialised diets requiring intense commitment and focus. While most of the digital media and devices discussed in the book are available and used by people across the world the authors offer valuable insights into how these global technologies are incorporated into everyday lives in very specific geographical contexts. This book offers a novel contribution to the rapidly emerging area of digital food studies and provides a framework for understanding contemporary practices related to food production and consumption internationally.

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Localizing Global Food Short Food Supply Chains as Responses to Agri-Food System Challenges

Localizing Global Food Short Food Supply Chains as Responses to Agri-Food System Challenges

Short food supply chains (SFSCs) rely primarily on local production and processing practices for the provision of food and are in principle more sustainable in social economic and environmental terms than supply chains where production and consumption are widely separated. This book reviews and assesses recent initiatives on this topic from an interdisciplinary perspective. In theoretical terms it draws on and advances two key concepts namely place (particularly embeddedness in local economic networks and communities) and governance (particularly in addressing sustainability concerns in an inclusive and socially just manner). Empirically the book examines a diverse set of SFSCs such as small-scale entrepreneurship farmers’ markets community supported agriculture and grassroots and solidarity networks. The main examples discussed are from Europe and North America but the issues are applicable in a global context. The book is of interest to advanced students researchers and professionals in food studies sociology geography planning politics and environmental studies. | Localizing Global Food Short Food Supply Chains as Responses to Agri-Food System Challenges

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The Sociology of Food and Agriculture

The Sociology of Food and Agriculture

Thoroughly revised and updated the third edition of The Sociology of Food and Agriculture provides a cutting-edge comprehensive introduction to the study of food and society. The book begins by examining the food economy with chapters focusing on foodscapes the financialization of food and a new chapter dedicated to food and nutrition (in)security. In Part II the book addresses community and culture. While some books only look at the interrelationships between food and culture this section problematizes the food system from the standpoint of marginalized bodies. It contains chapters focusing on agricultural and food labor and the peasantries topics which are often overlooked and gender ethnicity and poverty. Part III examines food and the environment with chapters addressing important topics such as agro-ecosystems food justice sustainable food and agriculture and food sovereignty. The final part focuses on food futures and includes a brand-new chapter on sustainable diets and ethical consumption. The book concludes by showcasing how we can rethink food production and consumption in a way that can help heal social political and cultural divisions. All chapters draw on international case studies and include learning objectives suggested discussion questions and recommendations for further reading to aid student learning. The Sociology of Food and Agriculture is perfect for students of food studies including food justice food and nutrition security sustainable diets food sovereignty environmental sociology agriculture and cultural studies.

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Food in World History

Food in World History

Now in its third edition Food in World History explores culinary cultures and food politics throughout the world from ancient times to the present day with expanded discussions of industrialization indigeneity colonialism gender environment and food and power. It examines the long history of globalization of foods as well as the political social and environmental implications of our changing relationship with food showing how hunger and taste have been driving forces in human history. Including numerous case studies from diverse societies and periods such as Maya and Inca cuisines and peasant agriculture in the early modern era Food in World History explores such questions as: What social factors have historically influenced culinary globalization? How did early modern plantations establish patterns for modern industrial food production? How will the climate crisis affect food production and culinary cultures? Did Italian and Chinese migrant cooks sacrifice authenticity to gain social acceptance in the Americas? Have genetically modified foods fulfilled the promises made by proponents? With the inclusion of more global examples this comprehensive survey is an ideal resource for all students who study food history or food studies.

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Food Futures in Education and Society

Food Futures in Education and Society

This book brings together a unique collection of chapters to facilitate a broad discussion on food education that will stimulate readers to think about key policies recent research curriculum positions and how to engage with key stakeholders about the future of food. Food education has gained much attention because the challenges that influence food availability and eating in schools also extend beyond the school gate. Accordingly this book establishes evidence-based arguments that recognise the many facets of food education and reveal how learning through a future's lens and joined-up thinking is critical for shaping intergenerational fairness concerning food futures in education and society. This book is distinctive through its multidisciplinary collection of chapters on food education with a particular focus on the Global North with case studies from England Australia the Republic of Ireland the United States of America Canada and Germany. With a focus on three key themes and a rigorous food futures framework the book is structured into three sections: (i) food education pedagogy and curriculum (ii) knowledge and skill diversity associated with food and health learning and (iii) food education inclusivity culture and agency. Overall this volume extends and challenges current research and theory in the area of food education and food pedagogy and offers insight and tangible benefits for the future development of food education policies and curricula. This book will be of great interest to students scholars policymakers and education leaders working on food education and pedagogy food policy health and diet and the sociology of food.

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The Routledge Handbook of Food Ethics

The Routledge Handbook of Food Ethics

While the history of philosophy has traditionally given scant attention to food and the ethics of eating in the last few decades the subject of food ethics has emerged as a major topic encompassing a wide array of issues including labor justice public health social inequity animal rights and environmental ethics. This handbook provides a much needed philosophical analysis of the ethical implications of the need to eat and the role that food plays in social cultural and political life. Unlike other books on the topic this text integrates traditional approaches to the subject with cutting edge research in order to set a new agenda for philosophical discussions of food ethics. The Routledge Handbook of Food Ethics is an outstanding reference source to the key topics problems and debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind. Comprising over 35 chapters by a team of international contributors the Handbook is divided into 7 parts: the phenomenology of food gender and food food and cultural diversity liberty choice and food policy food and the environment farming and eating other animals food justice Essential reading for students and researchers in food ethics it is also an invaluable resource for those in related disciplines such as environmental ethics and bioethics.

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Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems

Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems

This comprehensive text provides the latest research on key concepts principles and practices for promoting healthy and sustainable food systems. There are increasing concerns about the impact of food systems on environmental sustainability and in turn the impact of environmental sustainability on the capacity of food systems to protect food and nutrition security into the future. The contributors to this book are leading researchers in the causes of and solutions to these challenges. As international experts in their fields they provide in-depth analyses of the issues and evidence-informed recommendations for future policies and practices. Starting with an overview of ideas about health sustainability and equity in relation to food systems Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems examines what constitutes a food system with chapters on production manufacturing distribution and retail among others. The text explores health and sustainable diets looking at issues such as overconsumption and waste. The book ends with discussions about the politics policy personal behaviours and advocacy behind creating healthy and sustainable food systems. With a food systems approach to health and sustainability identified as a priority area for public health this text introduces core knowledge for students academics practitioners and policy-makers from a range of disciplines including food and nutrition sciences dietetics public health public policy medicine health science and environmental science.

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Net Zero Food and Farming Climate Change and the UK Agri-Food System

Net Zero Food and Farming Climate Change and the UK Agri-Food System

This book examines the implications of the net zero transition for food and farming in the UK and how these can be managed to avoid catastrophic climate change in the crucial decades ahead. For the UK to meet its international obligations for reducing greenhouse gas emissions nothing short of a revolution is required in our use of land our farming practices and our diet. Taking a historical approach the book examines the evolution of agriculture and the food system in the UK over the last century and discusses the implications of tackling climate change for food farming and land use setting the UK situation in an international context. The chapters analyse the key challenges for this transition including dietary change and food waste afforestation and energy crops and low-emission farming practices. This historical perspective helps develop an understanding of how our food farming and land use system has evolved to be the way that it is and draws lessons for how the agri-food system could evolve further to support the transition to net zero and avoid catastrophic climate change. Written in a clear and accessible style this book will be essential reading to students and scholars of food agriculture and the environment as well as policymakers and professionals involved climate change policy and the agriculture and food industry. | Net Zero Food and Farming Climate Change and the UK Agri-Food System

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How to Create a Sustainable Food Industry A Practical Guide to Perfect Food

How to Create a Sustainable Food Industry A Practical Guide to Perfect Food

This book presents a practical guide to help businesses navigate the complex topics of sustainability in the food industry. The book takes you on a journey along the food value chain from farm to fork exploring key opportunities to increase positive impacts and circularity at each step of the journey. Written by a team of authors with decades of experience in the food industry and academia it provides guidance on how to analyse sustainability across the value chain and life cycle of a food product and how to design implement and communicate strategies to customers. Furthermore the book shows that there are not always straightforward solutions but rather choices and trade-offs that require an understanding of what is best suited to the product customers and business in question. It demystifies a variety of topics such as local sourcing regenerative agriculture plant-based protein and the environmental impact of meat production and draws on a wide range of case studies from across the globe to provide concrete real-world examples. While a perfect food system may not exist informed decisions can go a long way to reshape and transform the food industry as we know it. This book will be of great interest to professionals working in the food and agriculture industries as well as students and scholars of sustainable food systems and sustainable business. | How to Create a Sustainable Food Industry A Practical Guide to Perfect Food

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Food Systems Law An Introduction for Non-Lawyers

Food Systems Law An Introduction for Non-Lawyers

Food law is a rapidly developing area with interest being driven at the consumer handler and farm level. This introductory textbook provides an overview of the concepts necessary for an understanding of food law and regulations providing the non-specialist reader with a more comprehensive understanding of food systems from production to consumption. Food Systems Law first introduces the US legal system and then moves on to explain the Federal Regulation of Food systems the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and the Farm Bill the single most important piece of legislation which impacts the way in which federal resources are used within the food industry. The following chapters provide concise explanations of key topics including food safety food labeling organic certification and food waste with examples from US law and policy included. Importantly the book also addresses key topics which overlap with food law such as environmental health and agricultural law. This textbook is geared towards a non-legal audience particularly students of interdisciplinary food studies and food science who are taking food law courses as well as those studying agricultural law food policy and environmental law. It will also be of interest to professionals working in the food industry and those who want to learn more about how food is regulated. | Food Systems Law An Introduction for Non-Lawyers

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Geographies of Food and Power

Geographies of Food and Power

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the production and consumption of food suitable for use in undergraduate classrooms either at the intermediate or advanced level. It takes an intersectional approach to difference and power and approaches standard subjects in the geography of food with a fresh perspective focusing on inequality uneven production and legacies of colonialism. The book also focuses on places and regions often overlooked in conventional narratives such as the Americas in the domestication of plants. The topics covered in the textbook include: descriptions and analyses of food systems histories of agricultural development with a focus on the roles of different regions major commodities such as meat grains and produce with a focus on the place of production contemporary challenges in the food system including labor disasters/conflict and climate change recent and emerging trends in food and agriculture such as lab-grown meat and vertical urban farms Geographies of Food and Power takes a synthetic approach by discussing food as something produced within an interconnected system in which labor food quality and the environment are considered together. It will be a valuable resource for students of human geography environmental geography economic geography food studies and development.

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Food Safety and Inspection An Introduction

Food Safety and Inspection An Introduction

The process of food inspection relies on an inspector's understanding of the intrinsic hazards associated with individual foods. Whereas spoilage can usually be determined through a simple organoleptic assessment the judgment of whether a food is fit for human consumption requires an evaluation of health hazards many of which may not be apparent through physical assessment. Instead the inspector must analyse and integrate scientific and handling information to evaluate the potential health risk. Adulteration of foods is also becoming an increasing problem and the complexity of the food supply chain requires an understanding of risk points to allow targeted inspection and assessment. Food Safety and Inspection: An Introduction focuses on food categories and describes common hazards associated with each using published peer-reviewed research to explain and evaluate the health risk. It is a practical textbook designed to support the role of food inspection in a modern food industry. There are seven chapters looking at specific aspects of food safety including a chapter on fraud and adulteration. This book summarises relevant published research to provide a scientific context for specific food safety issues and is an essential read for anyone interested in becoming a food inspector. | Food Safety and Inspection An Introduction

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Community Food Initiatives A Critical Reparative Approach

Community Food Initiatives A Critical Reparative Approach

This book examines a diverse range of community food initiatives in light of their everyday practices innovations and contestations. While community food initiatives aim to tackle issues like food security food waste or food poverty it is a cause for concern for many when they are framed as the next big solution to the problems of the current industrialised food system. They have been critiqued for being too neoliberal elitist and localist; for not challenging structural inequalities (e. g. racism privilege exclusion colonialism capitalism); and for reproducing these inequalities within their own contexts. This edited volume examines the everyday realities of community food initiatives focusing on both their hopes and their troubles their limitations and failures but also their best intentions missions and models alongside their capacity to create hope in difficult times. The stories presented in this book are grounded in contemporary theoretical debates on neoliberalism diverse economies food justice community and inclusion and social innovation and help to sharpen these as conceptual tools for interrogating community food initiatives as sites of both hope and trouble. The novelty of this volume is its focus on the everyday doings of these initiatives in particular places and contexts with different constraints and opportunities. This grounded relational and place-based approach allows us to move beyond more traditional framings in which community food initiatives are either applauded for their potential or criticized for their limitations. It enables researchers and practitioners to explore how community food initiatives can realize their potential for creating alternative food futures and generates innovative pathways for theorising the mutual interplay of food production and consumption. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of critical food studies food security public health and nutrition as well as human geographers sociologists and anthropologists with an interest in food. | Community Food Initiatives A Critical Reparative Approach

GBP 130.00
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Routledge Handbook of Food as a Commons

Routledge Handbook of Food as a Commons

This Handbook provides the first comprehensive review and synthesis of knowledge and new thinking on how food and food systems can be thought interpreted and practiced around the old/new paradigms of commons and commoning. The overall aim is to investigate the multiple constraints that occur within and sustain the dominant food and nutrition regime and to explore how it can change when different elements of the current food systems are explored and re-imagined from a commons perspective. The book sparks the debate on food as a commons between and within disciplines with particular attention to spaces of resistance (food sovereignty de-growth open knowledge transition town occupations bottom-up social innovations) and organizational scales (local food national policies South–South collaborations international governance and multi-national agreements). Overall it shows the consequences of a shift to the alternative paradigm of food as a commons in terms of food the planet and living beings. Chapters 1 and 24 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license. | Routledge Handbook of Food as a Commons

GBP 42.99
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Food Policy in the United Kingdom An Introduction

Food Policy in the United Kingdom An Introduction

This book provides an introduction to food policy in the United Kingdom examining policy development implementation influences and current issues. The book begins by providing a wide-ranging introduction to food policy in the UK situating it within wider global debates and establishing key drivers such as issues related to global citizenship trade and finance. The use of food control as a policy lever is also discussed and contrasted with alternative approaches based on behaviour change. The book presents an overview of the history of UK food policy from which there is much to be learned before moving onto current challenges posed by political instability both at home and abroad global pandemics and cost of living crises. Foremost is the need to manage public health including both malnutrition and obesity while promoting sustainable and healthy diets as well as the broader issues around addressing food security and food poverty. The book also examines public sector food initiatives such as school food and early childhood provisions and food regulation. As a part of food regulation chapters examine food scares and food fraud from chalk in flour to horsegate. The role of media marketing and advertising is also considered within a policy perspective. Taking a wider lens the book also discusses the impact of global food trade and the financialisation of food on food policy in the UK and vice versa. The book is supported by instructor eResources on the Routledge website designed to support student learning as well as provide regular updates on UK food policy developments. The eResources include student activities group exercises and links to further reading and additional resources. This book serves as a key introduction to UK food and agricultural policy for students scholars policymakers and professionals as well as those interested in food systems public health and social policy more widely. | Food Policy in the United Kingdom An Introduction

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Food Justice in American Cities Stories of Health and Resilience

Food Justice in American Cities Stories of Health and Resilience

This book documents food insecurity in urban communities across the United States and asks whether emerging urban food and agriculture initiatives can address the food security needs of American city dwellers. While America has sufficient food to feed its entire population 38 million people are food insecure with urban communities and communities of color having long borne the brunt of food inequalities. This book traces the evolving story of food by describing the people behind food system statistics focusing on cities and suburban communities across America. In doing so it raises questions not only about food security but about a food economy that can foster justice and sustainability and combat hunger and waste. By linking human faces to the data the book reveals the many connections between food insecurity and unsustainable practices. The book concludes by discussing some of the pathways toward a more sustainable and just food system by linking the food system to the larger economy and the many sectors that are connected to food. Because of these multifaceted connections food can be a unique catalyst for creating pathways toward a more just and sustainable economy that is more aligned with nature. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of food justice food security urban food and agriculture urban sustainability and sustainable food systems more broadly. | Food Justice in American Cities Stories of Health and Resilience

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Food and Agricultural Tourism Theory and Best Practice

Food and Agricultural Tourism Theory and Best Practice

This book fills a gap in the growing academic discipline of food and agricultural tourism offering the first multidisciplinary approach to food tourism and the role it plays in economic development destination marketing and gastronomic exploration. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the discipline by considering food tourism in connection with both cultural values and important issues in agriculture food consumption and safety and rural heritage and sustainability. The book is divided into four Parts. Part I defines the elements of food tourism and explains its relationship with sustainability. Part II provides an overview of rural development and demonstrates the impact of industrialization and globalization on eating habits. Part III focuses on food tourism studies and market segmentation techniques to help students understand customer needs regarding food tourism products. Finally Part IV looks at the financial policy and legal requirements relating to food tourism development providing hands-on tools for students entering food tourism businesses or industries. Complemented by a wide range of international case studies key definitions and study questions Food and Agricultural Tourism is essential reading for students of tourism geography and economic development studies. | Food and Agricultural Tourism Theory and Best Practice

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Food Policy in the United States An Introduction

Food Policy in the United States An Introduction

This new edition offers a timely update to the leading textbook dedicated to all aspects of U. S. food policy. The update accounts for experience with policy changes in the 2014 Farm Bill and prospects for the next Farm Bill the publication of the 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans the removal of Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status for trans fats the collapse of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) treaty stalled child nutrition reauthorization legislation reforms in food-labeling policy the consequences of the 2016 presidential election and many other developments. The second edition offers greater attention both to food justice issues and to economic methods including extensive economics appendices in a new online Companion Website. As with the first edition real-world controversies and debates motivate the book’s attention to economic principles policy analysis nutrition science and contemporary data sources. The book assumes that the reader's concern is not just the economic interests of farmers and food producers but also includes nutrition sustainable agriculture food justice the environment and food security. The goal is to make U. S. food policy more comprehensible to those inside and outside the agri-food sector whose interests and aspirations have been ignored. The chapters cover U. S. agriculture food production and the environment international agricultural trade food and beverage manufacturing food retail and restaurants food safety dietary guidance food labeling advertising and federal food assistance programs for the poor. The author is an agricultural economist with many years of experience in the nonprofit advocacy sector the U. S. Department of Agriculture and as a professor at Tufts University. The author's blog on U. S. food policy provides a forum for discussion and debate of the issues set out in the book. | Food Policy in the United States An Introduction

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Sustainable Food System Assessment Lessons from Global Practice

Sustainable Food System Assessment Lessons from Global Practice

Sustainable Food System Assessment provides both practical and theoretical insights about the growing interest in and response to measuring food system sustainability. Bringing together research from the Global North and South this book shares lessons learned explores intended and actual project outcomes and highlights points of conceptual and methodological convergence. Interest in assessing food system sustainability is growing as evidenced by the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact and the importance food systems initiatives have taken in serving as a lever for attaining the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This book opens by looking at the conceptual considerations of food systems indicators including the place-based dimensions of food systems indicators and how measurements are implicated in sense-making and visioning processes. Chapters in the second part cover operationalizing metrics including the development of food systems indicator frameworks degrees of indicator complexities and practical constraints to assessment. The final part focuses on the outcomes of assessment projects including impacts on food policy and communities involved highlighting the importance of building connections between sustainable food systems initiatives. The global coverage and multi-scalar perspectives including both conceptual and practical aspects make this a key resource for academics and practitioners across planning geography urban studies food studies and research methods. It will also be of interest to government officials and those working within NGOs. | Sustainable Food System Assessment Lessons from Global Practice

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