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Sustainable Food Systems: The Role of the City
Robert Biel
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Faced with a global threat to food security, it is perfectly possible that
society will respond, not by a dystopian disintegration, but rather by
reasserting co-operative traditions. This book, by a leading expert in urban
agriculture, offers a genuine solution to today’s global food crisis. By
contributing more to feeding themselves, cities can allow breathing space for
the rural sector to convert to more organic sustainable approaches.
Biel’s approach connects with current debates about agroecology and food
sovereignty, asks key questions, and proposes lines of future research. He
suggests that today’s food insecurity – manifested in a regime of wildly
fluctuating prices – reflects not just temporary stresses in the existing mode
of production, but more profoundly the troubled process of generating a new
one. He argues that the solution cannot be implemented at a merely technical
or political level: the force of change can only be driven by the kind of
social movements which are now daring to challenge the existing unsustainable
order.
Drawing on both his academic research and teaching, and 15 years’ experience
as a practicing urban farmer, Biel brings a unique interdisciplinary approach
to this key global issue.
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