A Handbook of Food Crime

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Critical Criminology ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Green Criminology ◽  
Food Fraud ◽  
Political Sciences ◽  
Relevant Today ◽  
Production Distribution ◽  
The Many

This book contextualises, evaluates, and problematises the (lack of) legal and regulatory organisation involved in the many processes of food production, distribution, and consumption. Turning a criminological gaze on the conditions under which food is (un)regulated, this book encompasses a range of discussions on the problematic conditions under which food (dis)connects with humanity and its consequences on public health and well-being, nonhuman animals, and the environment, often simultaneously. Influenced by critical criminology, social harm approach, green criminology, corporate criminology, and victimology, while engaging with legal, rural, geographic, and political sciences, the concept of food crime fuses diverse research by questioning issues of legality, criminality, deviance, harm, social justice, ethics, and morality within food systems. Evident problems range from food safety and food fraud, to illegal agricultural labour and state-corporate food crimes, to obesity and food deserts, to livestock welfare and genetically modified foods, to the role of agriculture in climate change and food waste, to food democracy and corporate co-optation of food movements. Theorising and researching these problems involves questioning the processes of lacking or insufficient regulation, absent or ineffective enforcement, resulting harms, and broader issues of governance, corruption, and justice. Due to the contemporary corporatisation of food and the subsequent distancing of humans from foodstuffs and food systems, not only is it important to think criminologically about food, but the criminological study of food may help make criminology relevant today.

scholarly journals Reflecting on the contemporary relevance of the forgotten management pioneers: A creative auto/biography

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 205979911986328
Author(s):  
Hester Nienaber
Keyword(s):  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Base Change ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Organisational Performance ◽  
Relevant Today ◽  
Practice Gap ◽  
Theory Practice Gap ◽  
And Control

Management theory and practice are characterised by the ‘theory–practice gap’. A way of addressing this divide is to engage in reflective practice, in this instance, a creative auto/biography. This different way of presenting an old issue demonstrates how the original teachings of the management pioneers remain relevant today. The central issues are the purpose of the organisation and the role of both leadership and employees in unlocking human competence in pursuit of organisational performance. The concepts ‘autonomy’ and ‘control’ transpired as crucial, which could easily be misunderstood or misapplied. This personal reflection presents evidence on which to base change, enhancing the well-being of employees, societies and the profit of organisations. This article contributes to knowledge by making inaccessible knowledge, accessible and inclusive, and the expectation that the meaning emanating from this reflection will result in the management audience to reconsider management, advancing management science and benefitting society at large.

A food crime perspective

2018 ◽  
pp. 11-26
Author(s):  
Allison Gray
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Critical Criminology ◽  
Green Criminology ◽  
Criminal Behaviour ◽  
Social Harm ◽  
Global Food

A food crime perspective involves an evaluation of the (lack of) criminal, legal, and regulatory organisation, and the insufficient, ineffective, or lack of enforcement, which surrounds the criminal behaviour and social harms produced within systems of food production, processing, marketing, distribution, selling, consumption, and disposal, victimising (often simultaneously) humans, animals, and the environment. Married to a social harm approach, and grounded in the views of critical criminology, green criminology, and radical victimology, a food crime perspective problematises the practices and contexts of food systems as immoral, harmful, and criminal. This chapter introduces this concept of a food crime perspective in three parts. First, it recognises the study of food must be contextualised in contemporary global food systems. Second, it situates a food crime perspective among other (sub)theories of criminology. Finally, it concludes with an argument why it is important to think criminologically about food.

The role of environmental law

2018 ◽  
pp. 298-303
Author(s):  
Cinnamon P. Carlarne ◽  
Jeffrey M. Bielicki
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
The Many ◽  
Us National Parks

Analysing and developing environmental law requires a broad analysis of the interplay of many factors. This chapter explores some of the many ways in which environmental law influences the connections between nature and people. The chapter does not explore these connections in minute detail, but instead: (i) examines what is meant by ‘environmental law’; (ii) pushes for a broader understanding of the interactions between law, nature, and human well-being; and (iii) provides two examples of the complex relationship between environmental law and human well-being. It provides an overview of environmental law and its origins. It also presents the motivations for environmental law. Finally, hydraulic fracturing and US national parks are used as examples of environmental law and human well-being contexts. These examples highlight some of complicated ways in which environmental law affects human well-being, and demonstrates the need for an expansive view of what well-being entails.

scholarly journals Serving Social Justice: The Role of the Commons in Sustainable Food Systems

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Sumner
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food System ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Local Economies ◽  
Sustainable Food Systems ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Clean Air ◽  
The Commons

Food is a source of sustenance, a cause for celebration, an inducement to temptation, a vehicle for power, an indicator of well-being, a catalyst for change and, above all, a life good.  Along with other life goods such as potable water, clean air, adequate shelter and protective clothing, food is something we cannot live without.  The global corporate food system, however, allows 800 million to go hungry, while an even larger number of people grow obese.  Based in money-values, this food system promotes accumulation first and foremost, enriching a few while creating economic, social and environmental externalities that are destroying local economies, devastating individuals, families and communities and degrading the planet. What would a food system look like that was based in life-values, centred on the commons and anchored by social justice?  This paper will focus on the creation of sustainable food systems, beginning with the crises of the global corporate food system and then moving to the heart of sustainable food systems – the civil commons.

scholarly journals The relevance of Regional Political Ecology for agriculture and food systems

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan E, Galt
Keyword(s):  
Political Ecology ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Ecological Research ◽  
The Many ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
Agriculture And Food ◽  
Regional Comparisons

The region as a concept continues to hold promise as a way of breaking through the many binaries that often divide political ecology. Operationalizing a regional political ecology approach allows the researcher to generate a large number of insights and conclusions that a more narrow disciplinary (disciplined) focus and non-scalar approach would miss; this is because important biophysical and social processes intersect with each another and work together to produce and/or mediate important outcomes for human and environmental well-being. The article draws on a number of cases to examine what comparison of political ecological research between regions could look like. I argue for a reinvigorated relationship between regional political ecology as an approach and agrifood systems as the object of study, and pose questions that can help shape this endeavor.Keywords: regional political ecology, regional comparisons, network political ecology, agriculture, food systems, agroecology

Human Security

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth A. Reinert
Keyword(s):  
Human Security ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Security Services ◽  
Arms Trade ◽  
Humanitarian Space ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
United Nations System ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Right

This chapter introduces the concept of human security and relates the concept to the basic goods approach. It considers the widespread nature of human security deprivation and the consequent negative impacts for well-being and safety. The chapter examines the right to human security and the central role of this right within the United Nations system of human rights. It considers the related concepts of the right to protect and humanitarian space, the many causes of human insecurity, the contribution of the drug and arms trade to human insecurity, and the various kinds of costs and impacts of human insecurity. It concludes with a brief consideration of various means to better provide human security services.

scholarly journals A Missing Link: Nutritional Healing in Recovery

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Emmy L Henley
Keyword(s):  
Physical State ◽  
Spiritual Healing ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Nutritional Deficiencies ◽  
Early Recovery ◽  
Missing Link ◽  
Recovery Programs ◽  
The Many ◽  
Recovery Program

The journey of students in a Collegiate Recovery Program (CRP) begins with early recovery and continues towards a well-developed mental, spiritual, emotional, and physical state. Much emphasis is placed on mental, emotional, and spiritual healing through traditional recovery programs. Though all of these aspects are vital to flourishing in recovery, nourishing the physical state is often overlooked. The “missing link” within CRPs, the role of nutrition, can significantly impact physical well-being in recovery and a student’s reconnection with their body. Delivering information to CRP staff and students on the many aspects impacted from nutritional deficiencies and imbalances (neurobiological, gastrointestinal, emotional, mental), particularly in early recovery, will provide a means to evaluate  inclusion of nutritional and physical health emphasis at their CRP.  Appropriate implementation, not only knowledge, of resources to support this “missing link” is also crucial  in a student’s journey to flourishing in recovery.

scholarly journals Food Systems Transformation for Child Health and Well-Being: The Essential Role of Dairy

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (19) ◽  
pp. 10535
Author(s):  
Gregory D. Miller ◽  
Mitch Kanter ◽  
Laurence Rycken ◽  
Kevin B. Comerford ◽  
Nicholas M. Gardner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food System ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Animal Source Foods ◽  
Production Practices ◽  
System Sustainability ◽  
Systems Transformation ◽  
Health And Well Being

Malnutrition, in all its forms, during the critical stages of child growth and development can have lifelong impacts on health and well-being. While most forms of malnutrition can be prevented with simple dietary interventions, both undernutrition and overnutrition remain persistent and burdensome challenges for large portions of the global population, especially for young children who are dependent on others for nourishment. In addition to dietary factors, children’s health also faces the growing challenges of climate change, environmental degradation, pollution, and infectious disease. Food production and consumption practices both sit at the nexus of these issues, and both must be significantly transformed if we are to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Food sources (i.e., animal-source foods vs. plant-source foods), food production practices, the effects of food processing, the impacts of a more globalized food system, and food loss and waste have all been receiving growing attention in health and sustainability research and policy discussions. Much of this work points to recommendations to reduce resource-intensive animal-source foods, heavily processed foods, and foods associated with excessive waste and pollution, while simultaneously increasing plant-source options. However, some of these recommendations require a little more nuance when considered in the context of issues such as global child health. All types of foods can play significant roles in providing essential nutrition for children across the globe, and for improving the well-being and livelihoods of their families and communities. Dairy foods provide a prime example of this need for nuance, as both dairy production practices and consumption patterns vary greatly throughout the world, as do their impacts on child health and food system sustainability. The objective of this narrative review is to highlight the role of dairy in supporting child health in the context of food system sustainability. When considering child health within this context it is recommended to take a holistic approach that considers all four domains of sustainability (health, economics, society, and the environment) to better weigh trade-offs, optimize outcomes, and avoid unintended consequences. To ensure that children have access to nutritious and safe foods within sustainable food systems, special consideration of their needs must be included within the broader food systems transformation narrative.

scholarly journals The role of state programs in the transformation of the agrarian sector in Ajara AR

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nato Jabnidze ◽  
◽  
Leila Tsetskhladze ◽  
Ia Meskhidze ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Well Being ◽  
World Market ◽  
The State ◽  
Technological Support ◽  
Agrarian Sector ◽  
Relevant Today ◽  
State Programs

The Georgian economy has significant potential of growth and for enhancing competitiveness. Consequently, the state periodically encourages the creation of a favourable entrepreneurial and investment climate that is also systematically affected by active globalization processes on the world market. In order to alleviate these processes, the state is modernizing the economy and infrastructure sectors, part of which is the Autonomous Republic of Adjara and its agriculture. Promoting its development is important to the extent that addressing food security and sustainable development, increasing rural well-being, and reducing economic inequality between the village and the city depends on it. The purpose of this paper is to study the role of state programs in the transformation of the agricultural sector, as we believe that minimizing state interference in the functioning of the agrarian sector cannot withstand global challenges, key financial, technical and technological support for the sector is relevant in the wake of negative external and internal economic conjuncture changes, which further aggravate food security and its financial sustainability. We believe that the development of effective mechanisms of optimizing and spending the integration of state and private resources needed for the socio-economic development of the country is still relevant today.

Sustainable Animal Agriculture and Environmental Virtue Ethics

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond Anthony
Keyword(s):  
Virtue Ethics ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
Ethical Consumerism ◽  
Environmental Virtue ◽  
Business Profit ◽  
Environmental Virtue Ethics

Raymond Anthony addresses the role of technology in promoting sustainable agri-food systems and animal well-being. Food production under an industrial model makes it difficult to appreciate the good of animals in their own right, apart from their instrumental use for us. The problem is not merely our attitude toward animals but the very modes of production in which we deal with them. Agricultural technologies reflect our values and norms, for better or worse. Anthony suggests a virtue ethics approach to technology in order to counter the instrumentalist view we typically have about man-made things. If virtues can be embedded within machinery it might be possible to design animal agricultural systems that can recognize the instrinsic good of animals. An environmental virtue ethics of care (EVEC) is the antidote to commodification of humans, animals, and the natural world. EVEC affirms ethical consumerism, which requires that we take others into consideration in our consumer choices. But it also requires that industry technocrats be mindful of how they innovate, what products they market, how they design facilities, and, above all, how they might find better ways to meld business, profit, and technology with care for humans, animals, and the environment.

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