Food Geographies: Social, Political, and Ecological Connections

Food Geographies explores the social, political, and ecological connections between people and places through food, providing key concepts, analytical tools, and critical skills to address contemporary food system issues and enact meaningful change.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 342 pages
Publication date: 25 February 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Food Geographies is a comprehensive exploration of the social, political, and ecological connections between people and places through the lens of food. It challenges the dominant narratives surrounding food and reveals the centrality of food in the human experience. Through an interdisciplinary and systemic perspective, the book provides readers with key concepts, analytical tools, and critical skills to better understand and address the many issues facing the contemporary food system. These issues include food insecurity, environmental degradation, climate change, labor exploitation, social inequality, power imbalance in decision-making, and threats to health and well-being. The book takes readers to various places, including modern plantations in Peru, collective farms in Tanzania, food halls in France, home kitchens in Japan, community gardens in Brazil, pubs in England, and animal feeding operations in America. By raising important questions about the current system, readers are encouraged to explore ways to enact meaningful change to build better future food geographies by producing, consuming, and engaging with food differently.

Weight: 653g
Dimension: 256 x 180 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538126653