Food security, nutrition and sustainability /

Table Of Contents:

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes vii

List of Contributors ix
Acknowledgements xvii

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations xx
Foreword

Eric Holt-Gimenez

1 Introduction: Food Security, Nutrition and Sustainability in a Globalized World 1(26)

Geoffrey Lawrence

Kristen Lyons

Tabatha Wallington

Part I Global Food Security

2 Breadbasket Contradictions: The Unstable Bounty of Industrial Agriculture in the United States and Canada 27(14)

Tony Weis

3 Security for Whom? Changing Discourses on Food in Europe in Times of a Global Food Crisis 41(20)

Gianluca Brunori

Angela Guarino

4 The Re-emergence of National Food Security on the United Kingdom's Strategic Policy Agenda: Sustainability Challenges and the Politics of Food Supply 61(18)

David Barling

Tim Lang

Rosalind Sharpe

5 Neoliberalism and Food Vulnerability: The Stakes for the South 79(18)

Gabriela Pechlaner

Gerardo Otero

6 Energy Security, Agriculture and Food 97(18)

Jago Dodson

Neil Sipe

Roy Rickson

Sean Sloan

Part II Food Systems, Diet and Nutrition

7 Unequal Food Systems, Unhealthy Diets 115(15)

Sharon Friel

Wieslaw Lichacz

8 Explaining Patterns of Convenience Food Consumption 130(15)

Lisa Schubert

Megan Jennaway

Helen Johnson

9 Public Health and Moral Panic: Sociological Perspectives on the `Epidemic of Obesity' 145(17)

Stewart Lockie

Susan Williams

10 The Food Regulatory System
Is it Protecting Public Health and Safety? 162(13)

Mark Lawrence

11 The `Wellness' Phenomenon: Implications for Global Agri-food Systems 175(13)

David Burch

Geoffrey Lawrence

12 Supermarkets, Food Systems and Public Health: Facing the Challenges 188(19)

Libby Hattersley

Jane Dixon

Part III Towards a Sustainable Agri-food Future

13 Bodies, Bugs and Dirt: Sustainability Re-imagined in Community Gardens 207(16)

Kelly Donati

Susan Cleary

Lucinda Pike

14 Biofuels: Finding a Sustainable Balance for Food and Energy 223(15)

Sophia Murphy

15 Examining the Mythologies of Organics: Moving Beyond the Organic/Conventional Binary? 238(14)

Hugh Campbell

Chris Rosin

Solis Norton

Peter Carey

Jayson Benge

Henrik Moller

16 Nanotechnology and the Techno-corporate Agri-food Paradigm 252(19)

Gyorgy Scrinis

Kristen Lyons

17 Conclusion
Big Choices about the Food System 271(18)

Tim Lang
Index 289