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Transforming Agriculture and Foodways David Goodman (University of California)

Transforming Agriculture and Foodways By David Goodman (University of California)

Transforming Agriculture and Foodways by David Goodman (University of California)


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Summary

Agri-food systems in the Global North are experiencing a wave of technological innovation in food production and ways of eating. This book is the first to analyse technological and socio-economic change in leading food sectors and it concludes that despite innovation, the food industry is adapting too slowly to the challenges of climate change.

Transforming Agriculture and Foodways Summary

Transforming Agriculture and Foodways: The Digital-Molecular Convergence by David Goodman (University of California)

A wave of innovation driven by the convergence of digital and molecular technologies is transforming food production and ways of eating in the US, Western Europe and Australasia. This book explores a range of contemporary agri-food issues, such as the digitalisation of farm production, aka Precision Agriculture, farmer independence, gene editing, alternative proteins and the rise of app-based home food deliveries. This is the first book to provide a systemic analysis of technological innovation and its socio-economic consequences in modern food systems, including the hollowing out of rural communities and pronounced industrial concentration. The food system is under growing public pressure to respond to global climate change, but this book finds little evidence of transition to sustainable low-carbon trajectories.

About David Goodman (University of California)

David Goodman is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz. He is co-editor of the Food and Society book series.

Table of Contents

1. Technological Convergence and Change in Modern Food Systems 2. Precision Agriculture: Big Data Analytics, Farm Support Platforms and Concentration in the AgTech Space 3. Precision Agriculture: Adoption, Re-scripting, Farmer Identity, Path Dependence and Appropriationism 4.0 4. Alternative Proteins: Bio-mimicry, Structuring the New Protein Industry. Promissory Narratives. and Substitutionism 4.0 5. The failed Promises of the Seed-Chemical Complex, CRISPR and Gene Editing, and Regulatory Capture 6. Between Physical Space and Digital Space: Changing Patterns of Food Provisioning, COVID-19 and Platform Capitalism 7. Conclusion and Postscript: Continuities in Change and Lost Opportunities

Additional information

NGR9781529231502
9781529231502
1529231507
Transforming Agriculture and Foodways: The Digital-Molecular Convergence by David Goodman (University of California)
New
Paperback
Bristol University Press
2024-09-10
152
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