Food Fears : From industrial to sustainable food systems / Alison Blay Palmer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Aldershot, England : Ashgate Publishing, 2008.Description: x, 185 p; 24 cmContent type:
  • Text
Media type:
  • Unmediated
Carrier type:
  • Volume
ISBN:
  • 978-0-7546-7248-7
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 338.19 B61f
Contents:
Food fear : making connections -- The industrial revolution of food -- `It`s all about the sizzle` -- Growing distances : the separation of farmers, ecologies and the eaters -- Translating fear : mad cows, killer carrots and industrial food -- Eating organic in an age of insecurity -- Manufacturing food fear -- Creating mutual food system.
Summary: Drawing on a wealth of empirical research into mainstream and alternative North American food systems, this book discusses how sustainable, grass roots, local food systems offer a template for meaningful individual activism as a way to bring about change from the bottom up, while at the same time creating pressure for policy changes at all levels of government.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

English

Food fear : making connections -- The industrial revolution of food -- `It`s all about the sizzle` -- Growing distances : the separation of farmers, ecologies and the eaters -- Translating fear : mad cows, killer carrots and industrial food -- Eating organic in an age of insecurity -- Manufacturing food fear -- Creating mutual food system.

Drawing on a wealth of empirical research into mainstream and alternative North American food systems, this book discusses how sustainable, grass roots, local food systems offer a template for meaningful individual activism as a way to bring about change from the bottom up, while at the same time creating pressure for policy changes at all levels of government.

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