Food Security, Nutrition and Sustainability

Contents......Page 6
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes......Page 8
List of Contributors......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 18
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations......Page 21
Foreword......Page 24
Introduction......Page 26
How did this happen?......Page 28
The themes of the book......Page 40
References......Page 45
Part I Global Food Security......Page 50
Introduction......Page 52
The industrial grain-oilseed-livestock complex......Page 53
Instabilities, distortions and polarization......Page 56
Quickening contradictions......Page 59
Transformative possibilities......Page 62
References......Page 63
Introduction: Food security as a key issue in Europe......Page 66
Background: The European model and its ambiguities......Page 68
The new challenge......Page 70
The European model under attack......Page 71
Food movements facing the food crisis......Page 74
Does the current crisis have the potential to permanently alter consumption patterns?......Page 75
The food crisis and the policy arena......Page 76
Conclusion, and principles for a research agenda......Page 79
References......Page 81
Introduction......Page 86
Food security and national food security......Page 87
UK policy and the security of national food supply......Page 89
UK food and sustainability policy: CAP reform and food regulation......Page 92
Emerging political discourse around the UK’s food security......Page 95
Questioning the resilience of contemporary UK food supply......Page 97
UK food security policy refined......Page 98
Conclusions......Page 100
References......Page 101
Introduction......Page 104
Neoregulation in agriculture......Page 105
The food crisis......Page 108
A view from the ground: The food crisis in Mexico......Page 112
Conclusion......Page 117
References......Page 118
Introduction......Page 122
Global energy security......Page 123
Agriculture and energy......Page 125
Food, energy and transport......Page 127
Wider structural change and vulnerability in agriculture......Page 130
Conclusions: The future of energy and food production......Page 133
References......Page 134
Part II Food Systems, Diet and Nutrition......Page 138
Introduction......Page 140
Understanding the nutrition transition: Energy balance......Page 141
Drivers of the nutrition transition......Page 143
Conclusion......Page 149
References......Page 150
Introduction......Page 155
Nutrition behaviour research and dominant epistemologies – four frames for explaining convenience food consumption......Page 156
Using ethnographic data to better understand family food provisioning......Page 164
A new ethos for culinary modernism......Page 166
Conclusion......Page 167
References......Page 168
Introduction......Page 170
Are we witnessing an epidemic? Changing patterns of weight gain and obesity......Page 173
Causes of overweight and obesity......Page 176
Sociological critiques: Public health crisis or moral panic?......Page 179
Conclusion......Page 182
References......Page 183
Introduction......Page 187
Background to the food regulatory system in Australia and New Zealand......Page 188
Understanding food regulatory policy decisions: A case study approach......Page 190
The limits of Australia and New Zealand’s food regulatory system......Page 193
Conclusions and recommendations......Page 195
References......Page 197
Introduction......Page 200
Nutraceuticals, functional foods and the life sciences paradigm......Page 201
The growth of the wellness industry......Page 202
The convergence of food and pharmaceutical companies......Page 204
The regulation of wellness foods......Page 205
Explaining the wellness phenomenon......Page 207
The future of wellness companies......Page 208
Notes......Page 210
References......Page 211
Introduction......Page 213
Deconstructing the relationship between supermarkets and health......Page 214
Responding to the challenges: The battle between citizens, governments and supermarkets......Page 219
The need for a new approach......Page 221
Conclusion......Page 223
References......Page 224
Part III Towards a Sustainable Agri-food Future......Page 230
Introduction......Page 232
Liveliness in gardening practice......Page 235
Garden of Eden......Page 236
Lively exchanges......Page 242
Conclusion......Page 244
References......Page 245
Introduction......Page 248
Biofuels: Background to the issues......Page 250
A critical look at the arguments for biofuels......Page 252
Conclusion: A future for biofuels?......Page 258
References......Page 260
Introduction: Debating organic mythologies......Page 263
The media mythologies of organics: From Trewavas to Pollan......Page 264
Methods for a sustainability science of agriculture?......Page 267
Re-examining some of the key mythologies......Page 269
Discussion and conclusions: Beyond the organic/conventional debate......Page 273
References......Page 275
Introduction......Page 277
Nano-industrial agriculture......Page 279
Nano-industrial food processing and nano-engineered functional foods......Page 281
Nano-food packaging and supply chain monitoring......Page 283
Techno-ecological transformations: From an instrumental to a reconstitutive logic of control......Page 285
Techno-corporate appropriation and integration......Page 287
Conclusion: Regulation of, and resistance to, nano-food innovations......Page 289
References......Page 292
Introduction......Page 296
Policy now faces dilemmas......Page 298
The global concerns: A blip or structural?......Page 300
Redefining food security for the 21st century......Page 303
Renewing capacities: Land and labour......Page 304
Refocusing policy around sustainable diets......Page 306
References......Page 308
Index......Page 314