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  • From: Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
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  • Subject: [permaculture] Sustainable Food Systems: The Role of the City
  • Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 08:27:34 -0500

Sustainable Food Systems: The Role of the City
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*Robert Biel *| December 2016

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About the book

*Faced with a global threat to food security, it is perfectly possible that
society will respond, not by a dystopian disintegration, but rather by
reasserting co-operative traditions. *This book, by a leading expert in
urban agriculture, offers a genuine solution to today’s global food crisis.
By contributing more to feeding themselves, cities can allow breathing
space for the rural sector to convert to more organic sustainable
approaches.

Biel’s approach connects with current debates about agroecology and food
sovereignty, asks key questions, and proposes lines of future research. He
suggests that today’s food insecurity – manifested in a regime of wildly
fluctuating prices – reflects not just temporary stresses in the existing
mode of production, but more profoundly the troubled process of generating
a new one. He argues that the solution cannot be implemented at a merely
technical or political level: the force of change can only be driven by the
kind of social movements which are now daring to challenge the existing
unsustainable order.

Drawing on both his academic research and teaching, and 15 years’
experience as a practicing urban farmer, Biel brings a unique
interdisciplinary approach to this key global issue, creating a dialogue
between the physical and social sciences
About the author

*Robert Biel* teaches Political Ecology at the Bartlett Development
Planning Unit, UCL, and also runs a Master’s module on Food and the City.
His books include The Entropy of Capitalism (Brill/Haymarket Press, 2013).
He is an allotment holder, with 15 years’ experience in low-input,
intensive food-growing, and is involved in several research projects
exploring a specifically urban agroecology




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