Food safety standards are a necessity to protect consumers' health in today's growing global food trade. A number of studies have suggested safety standards can interrupt trade, bringing financial and technical burdens on small as well as large agri-food producers in developing countries. Other examples have shown that economical extension, key intermediaries, and funded initiatives have substa...

Our current agri-food networks cause severe environmental, socioeconomic, and health-related problems [...]

The global food system accounts for emissions amounting up to 18 Gt CO2 equivalent per year, representing 34% of total GHG [...]

Setting directions and goals for animal production systems requires the integration of information achieved through internal and external processes. The importance of stakeholder input in setting goals for sustainable animal production systems should not be overlooked by the agricultural animal industries. Stakeholders play an integral role in setting the course for many aspects of animal produ...

in the framework of international law, the right to food is a fundamentalright of person towards having sustainable access to food with the qualitywhich responds to his/her food needs. with due respect to the specialposition of states in international law, it is importance to examine theirobligations regarding the right to food. the principal question is that whatconstitutes the legal basis of ...

Working Toward the Common Table: The Policy and Program Implications of Vermont's Unified Approach to Social Justice, Food Insecurity, and Local Food Linda Berlin a , Rachel Schattman a & Jean Hamilton b a Center for Sustainable Agriculture, University of Vermont, Colchester, Vermont, USA b Northeast Organic Farming Association, Richmond, Vermont, USA Version of record first published: 10 Dec 2...