Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment
About the Book Series
This series includes a wide range of inter-disciplinary approaches to food, society and the environment. It includes textbooks, research monographs and titles aimed at professionals, NGOs and policy-makers. Authors or editors of potential new titles should contact Hannah Ferguson, Editor ([email protected]).
The Future of Food Policy in the UK: Recipe for Change
1st Edition
By Honor May Eldridge
April 21, 2026
This book makes a compelling case for the urgent need to develop a new approach to food and farming—one that integrates the principles of food security, sovereignty, and stability. In the face of escalating challenges such as climate change and increasing political instability worldwide, it is ...
Sustainable Consumption and Everyday Food Practices in Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Virginie Amilien, Monia Saïdi, Matthieu Duboys-De-Labarre
February 02, 2026
Presenting contemporary case studies of everyday food practices, this book examines food habits and the ways they are evolving or resisting change. The book draws on primary research with families, examining consumer practices and perceptions of food sustainability. It amplifies the voices of ...
UK Food Policy History: Economic, Social and Political Influences
1st Edition
By Martin Caraher, Sinéad Furey
December 29, 2025
This book provides an overview of the history of food policy in the UK, tracing economic, social and political influences from the 1840s to present day. In order to understand current food policies and the current food system, it is necessary to acknowledge the past influences that have led us to ...
International Causes of Hunger and Malnutrition: Food Insecurity and the Global Economy
1st Edition
By Francis Adams
June 27, 2025
This book examines the international causes of hunger and malnutrition and reveals how critical elements of the global economy heighten food insecurity in the developing world. At present, over two billion people in the developing world do not have secure access to safe, sufficient, and nutritious ...
Sustainable Food Procurement: Legal, Social and Organisational Challenges
1st Edition
Edited
By Mark Stein, Maurizio Mariani, Roberto Caranta, Yiannis Polychronakis
June 27, 2025
The book examines sustainable food procurement policy and practice in the European Union and beyond, exploring the extent to which sustainability objectives have been achieved and evaluating the new developments taking place at both EU and national levels. While there is a growing recognition that ...
Urban Food Systems in Latin America: Territories, Mobilities and Governance
1st Edition
Edited
By Tiana Bakić Hayden, Joaquín Pérez Martín
April 18, 2025
Drawing on a range of case studies from across Latin America, this book highlights the ways that urbanization shapes the food systems that feed this region’s cities, approaching the problem of food in cities as a particularly urban problem. Latin America is the most urbanized area in the world, ...
Ethical Omnivores: Better Eating for Everyone
1st Edition
By Samantha Noll
January 31, 2025
This book provides a detailed overview of ethical omnivorism, as well as the philosophical foundations of this movement and diet. Many eaters are concerned about the impact that their food choices have on the environment, animals, and human health. Ethical omnivorism is at once a new food ethic, ...
Plant-Forward Cuisine: Basic Concepts and Practical Applications
1st Edition
By Ole G. Mouritsen, Klavs Styrbæk, Mariela Johansen
December 30, 2024
Plant-Forward Cuisine is a beautifully illustrated book that promotes the environmental and health benefits of a plant-forward diet and will inspire readers with a range of exciting recipes. The book addresses the urgent need to make changes to those culinary cultures where animal-sourced proteins ...
Evaluating Sustainable Food System Innovations: A Global Toolkit for Cities
1st Edition
Edited
By Élodie Valette, Alison Blay-Palmer, Beatrice Intoppa, Amanda Di Battista, Ophélie Roudelle, Géraldine Chaboud
December 18, 2024
This book presents Urbal, an approach that applies impact pathway mapping to understand how food system innovations in cities, and their territories, change and impact food system sustainability. Around the world, people are finding innovative ways to make their food systems more sustainable. ...
Urban Expansion and Food Security in New Zealand: The Collapse of Local Horticulture
1st Edition
By Benjamin Felix Richardson
December 18, 2024
This book examines suburban development in New Zealand and its conflict with and impact on local horticulture and food security. Drawing on an ethnographic study of Auckland’s rapidly expanding urban periphery, combined with comparative case studies from California in the USA and Victoria in ...
The Soybean Through World History: Lessons for Sustainable Agrofood Systems
1st Edition
By Matilda Baraibar Norberg, Lisa Deutsch
November 28, 2024
This book examines the changing roles and functions of the soybean throughout world history and discusses how this reflects the complex processes of agrofood globalization. The book uses a historical lens to analyze the processes and features that brought us to the current global configuration of ...
Rewilding Food and the Self: Critical Conversations from Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Tristan Fournier, Sébastien Dalgalarrondo
October 08, 2024
This volume contributes to the return to nature movement that is very much in vogue in contemporary European societies, by examining the place of food and eating in the "rewilding" process. It is divided into three parts, each of which consists of conversations between social scientists, with ...