Carolan, Michael S.

Reclaiming food security [electronic resource] / Michael Carolan. - 1st ed. - New York : Routledge, 2013. - xvii, 196 p. : ill. - Earthscan food and agriculture . - Earthscan food and agriculture. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A failed project -- Food security: a brief history -- Calorie-ization of food security -- Neoliberalization of food security -- Empty calorie-ization of food security -- Pieces missed -- Well-being and nutrition -- Life expectancy -- Subjective indicators of well-being -- Aggregate well-being indicators -- Nutritional well-being -- Sustainability -- Greenhouse gas emissions -- Energy consumption -- Water -- Waste -- Meat -- Environmental performance index: agriculture -- Food sovereignty, safety and access -- Farmer dependency -- Constricting consumer choice -- Food safety -- Import dependency -- Looking forward -- The food and human security index -- Individual and society well-being -- Ecological sustainability -- Potential for food independence -- Nutritional well-being -- Freedom in agrifood chain -- Results -- Lessons learned -- From Green Revolution to rainbow evolution -- So what can we eat if not GDP? -- Food security as process (not a thing) -- Towards a new social imaginary.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780203387931 (electronic bk.)




Food security--Social aspects.
Human security.
Agriculture--Environmental aspects.


Electronic books.

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