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Food Systems in the Global Economy

This RWG has followed up a series of brown bag lunch meetings over the past two years with a new, advanced graduate seminar in the Sociology of Food, offered by Thomas Lyson and Philip McMichael. Future plans include writing a training grant in the area of agriculture and food systems in the global economy, and planning research on issues concerning food regimes and agricultural sustainability. In the most general sense, this RWG is concerned with how the structure of agriculture is being transformed in a globalized world and how well this new structure is able to (a) produce abundant and healthful food and fiber, (b) provide a living wage for persons in the industry, and (c) support sustainable agriculturally based rural communities.

The White Paper for the Future of American Agriculture symposium, 2001-02, was sponsored by CALS and the Polson Institute. To view the paper click here.

Contact: Thomas Lyson at tal2@cornell.edu, or Rachel Schwartz at ras98@cornell.edu.

Current members:
Philip McMichael
Gil Gillespie
Emelie Peine
Robin Kreider
Hannah Wittman
Miranda Buffam
Anouk Patel-Campillo
Rachel Schwartz
Bill Pritchard
Thomas Lyson
Jeff Sobal
Jennifer Wilkins
Marion Dixon
Djahane Salehabadi
Mindi Schneider
Marygold Severn-Walsh
Amanda Leigh Flaim
Megan Gremelspacher
Chong-Ae Yu
Andrea Roufs Woodward
Roanne Bosch
Govind Acharya
Olivia Hall
Mary Hong