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From Field to Fork - Food Ethics for Everyone (Hardcover)
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From Field to Fork - Food Ethics for Everyone (Hardcover)
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After centuries of neglect, the ethics of food are back with a
vengeance. Justice for food workers and small farmers has joined
the rising tide of concern over the impact of industrial
agriculture on food animals and the broader environment, all while
a global epidemic of obesity-related diseases threatens to
overwhelm modern health systems. An emerging worldwide social
movement has turned to local and organic foods, and struggles to
exploit widespread concern over the next wave of genetic
engineering or nanotechnologies applied to food. Paul B. Thompson's
book applies the rigor of philosophy to key topics in the first
comprehensive study explore interconnections hidden deep within
this welter of issues. Bringing more than thirty years of
experience working closely with farmers, agricultural researchers
and food system activists to the topic, he explores the eclipse of
food ethics during the rise of nutritional science, and examines
the reasons for its sudden re-emergence in the era of diet-based
disease. Thompson discusses social injustice in the food systems of
developed economies and shows how we have missed the key insights
for understanding food ethics in the developing world. His
discussions of animal production and the environmental impact of
agriculture breaks new ground where most philosophers would least
expect it. By emphasizing the integration of these issues, Thompson
not only brings a comprehensive philosophical approach to moral
issues in the production, processing, distribution, and consumption
of food - he introduces a fresh way to think about practical ethics
that will have implications in other areas of applied philosophy.
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