Food in a Changing Climate

Food in a Changing Climate emphasizes the need to address the challenges posed by global warming and the food system's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. It advocates for a political agenda focused on the rejuvenation and strengthening of local and regional food systems, highlighting the marginalized role of farmers, food workers, and fishers in a corporatized system. The book illustrates how the commodification of food has made us vulnerable to climate change, extreme weather events, and pandemics, and proposes solutions through the application of new technologies, the recovery of traditional knowledges, and building diversity to protect the livelihoods of food producers.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 15 February 2021
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited

The impact of global warming on growing seasons and the availability of different foods around the world is going to have a significant impact on our diets. Our foodways are among the biggest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, making it essential to address these challenges.

Food in a Changing Climate presents an unashamedly political agenda for deep adaptation focused on the rejuvenation and strengthening of local and regional food systems that have been steadily eroded in the name of economic efficiency. The colonial origins of fossil-fuel-based food production and trade persist in the marginalization of farmers, food workers, and fishers in a corporatized food system that promotes the exploitation of the environment, excess production, and hyper-consumerism. These factors contribute to climate change, poverty, and health inequities on a global scale.

Drawing on case studies from around the world, this book illustrates how the commodification of food has made us particularly vulnerable to climate change, extreme weather events, and pandemics such as COVID-19. These shocks reveal the danger of our reliance on increasingly complex supply chains - dominated by a decreasing number of mega-companies - for our food security.

The unsustainability of the way we produce and eat food is clear. It has been for a long time. Food in a Changing Climate explores how we can cultivate resilient communities through the just application of new technologies, the recovery of traditional knowledges, and by building diversity to protect the livelihoods of food producers everywhere.

To address these challenges, we need to look beyond our plates to the roots of inequity in our food systems. We need to cultivate resilient communities through the just application of new technologies, the recovery of traditional knowledges, and by building diversity to protect the livelihoods of food producers everywhere. By doing so, we can create a more sustainable and equitable food system that benefits both the environment and society.

Weight: 296g
Dimension: 130 x 196 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781839827259