The transformation of food chains towards sustainability in food consumption and food security is a global issue, connected with the global challenges of poverty reduction, employment and urbanization.
Education for sustainable food consumption in home and consumer studies
This empirical case study combines a revised update of the study "The Market for Organic Food: Consumer Attitudes and Marketing Opportunities" (Osswald and Dittrich 2009) with a broader perspective on the socio-cultural contexts of ...
This comprehensive text provides the latest research on key concepts, principles and practices for promoting healthy and sustainable food systems.
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The aim of this study is to stimulate the consumption patterns towards more sustainable food consumption by using a relatively new phenomenon: social media.
This edited volume presents and reflects upon empirical evidence of ‘sustainability’-induced and -related transition in food practices.
The book's multidisciplinary team of authors lay out detailed fiscal and trade policies, as well as structural reforms, to achieve those goals.
These are (1) urban agriculture, (2) integrating health, environment and society, (3) food in urban design and planning and (4) urban food governance.
In recent years, the increasing consumer concern towards food safety, environmental sustainability and social justice issues have stimulated new consumption practices more oriented towards social, economic and environmental sustainability.