Is “sustainability” still relevant to food systems, or do we need a new term?

Authors

  • Molly D. Anderson Middlebury College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2021.111.018

Keywords:

Regenerative Agriculture, Food Systems, Rural-Urban, Indigenous Knowledge

Abstract

First paragraph:

I looked forward to reading the Routledge Hand­book of Sustainable and Regenerative Food Systems because I greatly respect the work of its editors and wanted to know how they would organize such a vast topic. It hardly needs repeating that today’s dominant industrialized food system is destroying biodiversity, degrading soil and water, emitting greenhouse gases, creating products that cause diet-related diseases, erasing traditional farm livelihoods, and destroying farm communities. Despite ample documentation of the problems and wide agreement on their existence, the solu­tions are much more contentious. What are the alternatives to the destructive industrialized food system, and what is the best trajectory from current practices to a better future? I hoped that this book would provide solid answers. . . .

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Author Biography

Molly D. Anderson, Middlebury College

William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Food Studies

Cover of Routledge Handbook of Sustainable and Regenerative Food Systems

Published

2021-12-18

How to Cite

Anderson, M. (2021). Is “sustainability” still relevant to food systems, or do we need a new term?. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 11(1), 219–221. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2021.111.018