DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102321
论文题名: Legume dreams: The contested futures of sustainable plant-based food systems in Europe
作者: Cusworth G. ; Garnett T. ; Lorimer J.
刊名: Global Environmental Change
ISSN: 9593780
出版年: 2021
卷: 69 语种: 英语
中文关键词: Europe
; Food systems
; Futures
; Legumes
; Livestock
; Promissory narrative
英文关键词: agricultural management
; alternative agriculture
; crop production
; food security
; intensive agriculture
; legume
; sustainability
; Europe
; Fabaceae
; Trachinotus falcatus
英文摘要: With the intensification of agriculture, the simplification of crop rotations, and the rise in demand for meat, dairy and cereal products, legume production and consumption are at an historic low in Europe. But as the environmental consequences of agriculture (biodiversity loss, high greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution) and the health outcomes of modern diets (heart disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity) become better known, so great and varied hopes are being expressed about the future role of legumes in the food system. This paper catalogues and scrutinises these hopes, mapping the promissory narratives now orbiting around legumes. It identifies six food futures, each of which is made possible through the greater use of legumes in various production, processing, marketing and consumption contexts. These promissory narratives are theorised as contrasting responses to three major areas of contestation in the food systems literature. Namely i) the sustainability of livestock management, ii) the role of technology in different visions of the ‘good diet’, and iii) the merits of different models for how to make agricultural management more sustainable. It identifies the promiscuity of legumes – in terms of the range of food futures they permit – before distilling three points of consensus amongst advocates of the potential of legumes. These points of consensus relate to their nitrogen fixing capacity, their high protein content, and their long-standing historical role in the context of European food and farming. This map of legume dreams serves to guide deliberations amongst researchers, policymakers and industry stakeholders about the futures of plant-based food in Europe. © 2021 The Author(s) Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/168277
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作者单位: Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food, c/o Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, 34 Broad Street, Oxford, UK OX1 3BD, United Kingdom; Hertford College, Cattle Street, Oxford, UK OX1 3BW, United Kingdom
Recommended Citation:
Cusworth G.,Garnett T.,Lorimer J.. Legume dreams: The contested futures of sustainable plant-based food systems in Europe[J]. Global Environmental Change,2021-01-01,69