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delivering,sufficient, safe and nutritious food to all in a sustainable manner
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Political Ecology of Food
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romcfarlane
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delivering,sufficient, safe and nutritious food to all in a sustainable manner
SOCIAL
OVERNOURISHED
Wealth = Demand
Distribution Inefficiencies: global economies, trade agreements
cheap food
pressure on farmers and land
high energy inputs. need to minimise labour, costs, need high return on sustainable agriculture investments
Limits to growth: Peak Oil Peak Phosphorous, peak arable land Climate Change
Meat
CAFO
redirection of grain to meat production, antibiotic usage and resistance, reduced methane, economies of scale, amplification of zoonotic disease
Extensive production- deforestation, habitat loss
Education: consumer preferences, behaviour/ exercise
Urban environments: promoting consumption, not promoting exercise
poor food/food substitutes/processed food
niche markets organic, food miles, farmers markets
Reduced economies of scale
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Increased global footprint for food production per capita (declining population growth in wealthy countries but rapidly increasing numbers of wealthy from transitional countries
unsustainable natural resource use
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