Class Year
2012
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Date of Creation
5-5-2012
Department 1
Globalization Studies
Abstract
Much public discourse surrounding the modern global food system operates on the assumption of the primary agency of individual consumers in ensuring an equitable and sustainable food supply. However, this approach fails to account for the larger structural forces of the system which frame the limits of how we interact with and are affected by our food system. Taking a closer look at the global economic, political, cultural, and environmental forces that have collectively shaped historical food regimes reveals the deeper structural patterns that currently determine how we produce, distribute, and consume food around the world. Due to the underlying structural processes of increasing distancing and standardization, we have become highly disembedded from our food system and will need to look for clues from past periods of transition between food regimes to better position ourselves to work towards a global restructuring of, and human reembedding in, the modern global food system.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Tower, Sara W., "Regimes and Resilience in the Modern Global Food System" (2012). Student Publications. 13.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/13
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Environmental Health and Protection Commons, Nature and Society Relations Commons, Political History Commons, Politics and Social Change Commons
Comments
Globalization Studies Capstone
This paper was presented at Celebration 2012.