Coronavirus exposed fragility in our food system – it’s time to build something more resilient

Emma Burnett; Luke Owen

Coronavirus exposed fragility in our food system – it’s time to build something more resilient

Emma Burnett, Luke Owen

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Abstract

Most people rely on supermarkets, and these megastores dominate our food economy.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 12 Jun 2020

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Keywords

agri-food
agriculture
local food systems
farming
Industrial agriculture Agro-ecology Small-scale agriculture Greenhouse gases Land conversion Mitigation Climate change Global warming Adaptation
resilience
Self-organisation

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Coronavirus exposed fragility in our food system – it’s time to build something more resilient

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Keywords

UN SDGs

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