Del i serien Food and Society: New Directions

Transforming Agriculture and Foodways

The Digital-Molecular Convergence

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

AvDavid Goodman

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-06-13
Mått156 x 234 x 11 mm
Vikt395 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieFood and Society: New Directions
Antal sidor152
FörlagBristol University Press
ISBN9781529231465

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1. Technological Convergence and Change in Modern Food Systems2. Precision Agriculture: Big Data Analytics, Farm Support Platforms and Concentration in the AgTech Space3. 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 Capture6. Between Physical Space and Digital Space: Changing Patterns of Food Provisioning, COVID-19 and Platform Capitalism7. Conclusion and Postscript: Continuities in Change and Lost Opportunities