The Global Food System: Issues and Solutions

ISBN 10: 144082911X / ISBN 13: 9781440829116

Published by Praeger, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Global Food System: Issues and Solutions
• Publisher: Praeger
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 144082911X
• ISBN 13: 9781440829116
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Acceptable

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Synopsis

This detailed analysis of the global food system looks at the way food is produced, distributed, and consumed in an effort to create a more equitable and healthful system worldwide.

With large-scale famine afflicting regions around the globe and overconsumption and unhealthy eating habits destroying others, many are beginning to wonder if access to food is less of a class-based social problem and more of an ethical issue affecting the lives―and livelihoods―of people all over the world. This thoughtful text provides a thorough examination of the factors contributing to this global concern, exploring the complexities of international food supply and demand as well as the efforts to bring about a more just global food system.

Through this groundbreaking volume, author and educator Will Schanbacher sheds light on flaws in the current structure and suggests ways to achieve a more balanced approach. He considers the economics, politics, and activism behind and involved in the production, distribution, and consumption of the global food system. In an effort to illuminate many problems associated with hunger, inequality, and injustice in the food system, the book also offers many potential strategies and solutions for making a more healthy, sustainable, and equitable world. Chapters contain both theoretical models and concrete practices for food security and offer strategies for creating an equitable system.

About the Author

William D. Schanbacher is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of South Florida, in Tampa, USA. He is author of The Politics of Food: The Global Conflict between Food Security and Food Sovereignty (2010).