Governing food futures: Towards a ‘responsibility turn’ in food and agriculture
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The dimensions of responsibility addressed in this special issue
This special issue is the result of a panel organised at XXVIII European Society for Rural Sociology Congress in Trondheim in June 2019. Together, the articles present empirical research from the United States, France, Greece, Switzerland, Ecuador and Peru, focusing on various settings, including the emerging contested field of ‘meat’ with its latest developments towards alternative proteins and vegan options, soya cultivation at the European level and the definition of supporting standards by
Conclusion
This special issue touches on key questions concerning how the governance of agri-food systems are being affected by a turn towards responsibility. These questions have not yet been explored in detail in agri-food studies, but they warrant analysis because how they are interpreted and play out has significant implications for rural space and food system sustainability. The special issue thus opens up novel conceptual and empirical ground and is of direct relevance to debates about agricultural
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