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The Industrial Food System: Contradictions and Crises

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This chapter looks at the industrial food system — its origins and the problems it generates — which casts yet more doubt on the conventional wisdom that industrial agriculture is the best way to “feed the world.” Even though it is clear that a new system for growing and eating food is urgently needed, there are deeply entrenched historical and ongoing barriers that inhibit the transition to agroecological food systems. The transition from the industrial to an agroecological paradigm in a Brazilian household is described.

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Dana James

Dana James is a PhD candidate, Vanier Scholar, and Public Scholar in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia. Her doctoral research explores agroecological farming and participation in agrarian social movements in Brazil.

Evan Bowness is an environmental sociologist and urban political ecologist, UBC Public Scholar and PhD candidate at the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems and the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia.