Food Democracy From consumer to food citizen /

• Main Authors: Booth, Sue (Author), Coveney, John (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Public health.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.

This book explores the links between food and democracy.  It addresses how democratic principles can be used to shape our food system and takes a practical ‘how-to’ approach to using democratic processes to regain control of the food we eat. It also highlights what food democracy looks like on the g...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: ‘Big Food’ - The Industrial Food System
• Chapter 3: Foundations of food democracy
• Chapter 4: Home-made Food Democracy– Exerting control over the food supply from home
• Chapter 5: Neighbourhood and community food democracy
• Chapter 6: Democracy at Work - From consumers to food citizens
• Chapter 7: Food Democracy in reflection.