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2009 AFHVS presidential address: the steering question: challenges to achieving food system sustainability

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In this address I examine the challenges of achieving food system sustainability. Starting from the position that most people want a food system that is “sustainable” and that we have a great reservoir of unapplied technical knowledge applicable to increasing sustainability, I argue that the big issue is collective decision-making to accomplish the goal of sustainability. Using the metaphor of a sailing ship, I raise three questions about steering collectively toward sustainability: What do we want? What are our options? And, how do we decide among the options? Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010

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  • Gilbert Gillespie, 2010. "2009 AFHVS presidential address: the steering question: challenges to achieving food system sustainability," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 27(1), pages 3-12, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:agrhuv:v:27:y:2010:i:1:p:3-12
    DOI: 10.1007/s10460-009-9243-4
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