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Record Nr.

UNISA996635568503316

Autore

Winter Michael

Titolo

Feeding People in a Crisis : The UK Food System and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Bristol University Press, , 2025

©2024

ISBN

9781529242201

1529242207

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (0 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

GuilbertSteven

WilkinsonTimothy

LobleyMatt

BroomfieldCatherine

Disciplina

363.820941

Soggetti

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023 - Great Britain

Food supply - Great Britain

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The UK Food System -- Keeping the Supermarket Shelves Stocked -- The Role of Alternative Food Networks: Plugging Gaps or Building Back Better? -- From Eating Out to Eating In -- Food Justice: The Poverty and Health Dimension -- What Happened to Farmers and Fishers? -- Where Next for the British Food System? -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book tells the story of changing patterns of food provision in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. From the pandemic to the war in Ukraine, climate change and inflation, the authors discuss the food system's winners and losers in a time of rapid social change.