Description
Book SynopsisTen years ago, sustainable agriculture was not considered a viable option within the food and agriculture industry. Today, it has become imperative, as resources are depleted, toxins enter the food chain, farmers lose their land, and children go hungry. Sustainability is the new framework for addressing these issues, and is promoted by agriculturalists, researchers, and visionaries alike. In this important work, fifteen leading scholars of food and agriculture present a detailed description of the social, economic, and political aspects of the sustainability concept. They address many important questions surrounding these issues, including: What do we want to sustain? Who should benefit from sustainable agriculture? What types of political, economic, and social structures will facilitate the development of sustainable agriculture? Food for the Future confronts the theoretical and practical aspects of a transformation to sustainability systems--aspects that are too often overlooked due
Table of ContentsPartial table of contents:
CONDITIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY: NEW CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES.
The Production of Agricultural Sustainability: Observations fromthe Sociology of Science and Technology (F. Buttel).
Regenerative Food Systems: Broadening the Scope and Agenda ofSustainability (K. Dahlberg).
CONTRADICTIONS: SUSTAINABILITY BARRIERS TO OVERCOME.
Is Sustainable Capitalism Possible?
(J. O'Connor).
Sustainable Development: Concepts, Contradictions, and Conflicts(M. Redclift).
FOOD FOR THE FUTURE: DEVELOPING STRATEGIES FORSUSTAINABILITY.
After Midas's Feast: Alternative Food Regimes for the Future (H.Friedmann).
Sustainable Agriculture and Domestic Hunger: Rethinking a LinkBetween Production and Consumption (K. Clancy).
Index.
