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Refashioning Nature: Food, Ecology and Culture
Refashioning Nature Food Ecology and Culture Author:David Goodman, Michael Redclift From cultivation to consumption, food provides the chief link between humankind and the ``natural'' environment. Refashioning Nature analyzes the apparently opposed imperatives of the industrial food system and environment. The authors argue that present means of food production, processing and consumption do not satisfy the demands of bo... more »th North and South, resulting in food shortages and surpluses, as well as environmental destruction. One of the major developments within the global food system has been the change in diet associated with the movement of women into the labor market. Beyond the implications for the production of food and the position of the household, this transformation has had a profound effect on the way we manage the environment, and what we assume and perceive to be ``natural.''« less