SOC 808 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Fairtrade Certification, Chemical Free, Global Industrial
6 Dec 2014
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Inequalities inherent in the dominant food economy: model is profit driven free market principles of efficiency and critics argue, treats food as just another commodity. Critiques call for recognition food is a human right as well as a social and cultural artifact. Free market foundations industrial food system is capable of accommodating demands. Inadequate in addressing concern social and environmental costs. Except changing practices to accommodate concerns o: changes aloe prices premiums. Large scale food scares plagued the industrial food system mad-cow, e. coli outbreaks: government overseeing an increasing flow of information from the food industry to consumer. Supplier of food vague corporate entity food labels are link between that entity and consumer o: customer demand led to greater number of more detailed labels on industrial foods. Sophisticated marketing practices products are always presented in a positive light o. Labels commonly advertise much more than they reveal.
