Research suggests that the scale of human population and the current pace of its growth
contribute substantially to the loss of biological diversity. Although technological change and …

Because of growing demand for meat and declining availability of agricultural land, there is
an urgent need to find alternative protein sources. Edible insects can be produced with less …

Soy has become one of the world's most important agroindustrial commodities–serving as
the nexus for the production of food, animal feed, fuel and hundreds of industrial products …

This important cultural analysis tells two stories about food. The first depicts good food as
democratic. Foodies frequent 'hole in the wall'ethnic eateries, appreciate the pie found in …

As a concept and phenomenon,'flex crops and commodities' feature 'multiple-ness' and
'flexible-ness' as two distinct but intertwined dimensions. These key crops and commodities …

S. Ryan Isakson This article draws upon existing literature to document and describe the rise
of finance in food provisioning. It queries the role of financialization in the contemporary food …

The concept of food sovereignty presents us with an important theoretical and practical
challenge. The political economy of agriculture can only take up this gauntlet through …

This paper engages with the debate on niche-regime interactions in sustainability
transitions, using a study of plant-based milk and its struggles against the entrenched liquid …

When first published in 2008, The New Peasantries revolutionized our ways of thinking of
what constitutes the peasantry and repeasantization. It showed how a new era of empire …

The expansion of Bolivia's agricultural frontier fueled by the development of a soy complex
has become part of the state's three-pronged “neo” extractivist development model based on …