"Thoroughly revised and updated, the third edition of The Sociology of Food and Agriculture provides a cutting …-edge, comprehensive introduction to the study of food and society. The book begins by examining the food economy, with chapters focussing … on foodscapes, the financialization of food and a new chapter dedicated to food and nutrition (in)security. In Part 2 …

"This book addresses the various forms of deviance and criminality found within the conventional food system. This … system-made up of numerous producers, processors, distributors, and retailers of food-has significant, far …-reaching consequences bearing upon the environment and society. Food Crime broadly outlines the processes and impacts of this food system …

-income families food and housing can be substitutes in the commodity space. We take Engel law to implement a simple food-based measure … Italy. Food-based poverty measures are counter cyclical, as well as the Sen index: boom and bust of housing and land bubble … the housing market: poor families pay “too much” for housing costs, forcing a constraint on food consumption for the worst …

processing food products so as to provide additional income opportunities. Specifically, it aimed to (a) determine the actual … (HRAs) and (b) test and evaluate the performance of each of the HRAs, and (c) identify potential food products that can be …

Food waste is one of the main challenges of modern society. It‘s economic, environmental and social implications … aspects related to food security, economic sustainability or technological approach tackles in reducing food waste and loss …. The present communication is an original contribution to consolidation of state of art in the food waste and loss research …

According to EU Regulation 1935/20041, food contact materials (FCM) are all materials and articles intended to come … into contact with food, already in contact with food or likely to transfer their constituents into food under foreseeable … conditions of use. EU legislation considers as food contact materials all materials that enter into contact with food throughout …

This research examines spatial integration in Mexican regional-food markets, with an emphasis on the degree of … reveal: 1) there is no evidence of market divergence across food processing categories; 2) unprocessed items exhibit the …