Half the world’s population is now urbanised and cities are assuming a larger role in debates about the security and sustainability of the global food system. Hence, planning for sustainable food production and consumption is becoming an increasingly important issue for planners, policymakers, designers, farmers, suppliers, activists, business and scientists alike. The rapid growth of [...]
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‘Agriculture in an Urbanizing Society’ Conference – new deadline for submission of abstracts
As mentioned in previous posts on the Rural Sociology weblog, an international conference entitled ‘Agriculture in an Urbanizing Society’ will be held from 1 to 4 April 2012 in Wageningen. A whole range of different topics and research findings will be presented and discussed in 20 different working groups, including a variety of food themes such as [...]
Street food – New discussion on FSN Forum
An interesting discussion forum about issues of food security and nutrition is the FSN forum hosted by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the UN. In the past years many topics relevant to PUREFOOD and FOODLINKS have been discussed, such as the ones on ‘Public procurement of agricultural good’, ‘Food, agriculture & cities’, ‘Climate change [...]
New Kevin Morgan essay on school food
Kevin Morgan has just published a short essay in the Education Journal, ‘Let them eat pickles: How local authority cuts could kill the school dinner revolution’. While school food, he says, is ‘the litmus test of a society’s commitment to social justice, public health, and sustainable development’, the results of that test don’t have much [...]
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