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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300232603321

Autore

Booth Sue

Titolo

Food Democracy : From consumer to food citizen / / by Sue Booth, John Coveney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

981-287-423-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (65 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Public Health, , 2192-3698

Disciplina

613

614

Soggetti

Public health

Public Health

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: ‘Big Food’ - The Industrial Food System -- Chapter 3: Foundations of food democracy -- Chapter 4: Home-made Food Democracy– Exerting control over the food supply from home -- Chapter 5: Neighbourhood and community food democracy -- Chapter 6: Democracy at Work - From consumers to food citizens -- Chapter 7: Food Democracy in reflection.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the links between food and democracy.  It addresses how democratic principles can be used to shape our food system and takes a practical ‘how-to’ approach to using democratic processes to regain control of the food we eat. It also highlights what food democracy looks like on the ground and how individuals, communities and societies can be empowered to access, cook and eat healthy food in ways that are sustainable. Food democracy, as a concept, is a social movement based on the idea that people can and should be able to actively participate in shaping the food system rather than being passive spectators.  The book is useful for university and advanced TAFE courses that cover topics examining food in health sciences, social sciences and other areas of study. It is also relevant to health practitioners, nutritionists, food advocates, policy makers and others with a keen interest in exploring an alternative to the industrial food system known as “Big Food.”.