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Robert Biel: Sustainable food systems: the role of the city

Robert Biel: Sustainable food systems: the role of the city Agriculture and Human Values (2018) 35:911–912 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-018-9864-6 UCL Press, London, 2016, 145 pp, ISBN 978-1-911307-08-2 Kirstie O’Neill Accepted: 22 April 2018 / Published online: 7 May 2018 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature 2018 This is an impressive book, weaving a convincing narra- The book provides many interesting opportunities for tive about the potential future food system that could over- reflection on the mainstream neoliberal food system, and come many of the tensions in today’s food regime. Whilst a reminds us that the global food system only works because ‘short’ book, it covers a remarkable range of topics, drawing it externalises its high (and unsustainable) environmen- on physics, biology, history, anthropology and geography, tal costs. Key areas for focus for a more sustainable food all underpinned by a Marxist philosophy. This is a mostly system include paying attention to soils, as is increasingly theoretical book, drawing on a wide and diverse secondary being recognised by researchers from a range of discipli- literature, punctuated with a number of empirical examples. nary backgrounds, as well as community cooperation, and This book offers arguments and evidence for a vision for perhaps most importantly, a vision for how this might be http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Agriculture and Human Values Springer Journals

Robert Biel: Sustainable food systems: the role of the city

O’Neill, Kirstie
Agriculture and Human Values , Volume 35 (4) – May 7, 2018
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2018 by Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature
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Philosophy; Ethics; Agricultural Economics; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; History, general; Evolutionary Biology
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1572-8366
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10.1007/s10460-018-9864-6
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Agriculture and Human Values (2018) 35:911–912 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-018-9864-6 UCL Press, London, 2016, 145 pp, ISBN 978-1-911307-08-2 Kirstie O’Neill Accepted: 22 April 2018 / Published online: 7 May 2018 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature 2018 This is an impressive book, weaving a convincing narra- The book provides many interesting opportunities for tive about the potential future food system that could over- reflection on the mainstream neoliberal food system, and come many of the tensions in today’s food regime. Whilst a reminds us that the global food system only works because ‘short’ book, it covers a remarkable range of topics, drawing it externalises its high (and unsustainable) environmen- on physics, biology, history, anthropology and geography, tal costs. Key areas for focus for a more sustainable food all underpinned by a Marxist philosophy. This is a mostly system include paying attention to soils, as is increasingly theoretical book, drawing on a wide and diverse secondary being recognised by researchers from a range of discipli- literature, punctuated with a number of empirical examples. nary backgrounds, as well as community cooperation, and This book offers arguments and evidence for a vision for perhaps most importantly, a vision for how this might be

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