Whose ethics and for whom? Dealing with ethical disputes in agri-food governance

What Food is to be Kept Safe and for Whom? Food-Safety Governance in an Unsafe Food System

This paper argues that discussion of new food-safety governance should be framed by the realization that the dominant food system within which food-safety governance is designed to makes food safe is itself a structural and systemic sources of food un-safety, poor health and a future of food insecurity for many. For some, an appropriate policy response lies in addressing the connections between...

Sustainability Experiments in the Agri-Food System: Uncovering the Factors of New Governance and Collaboration Success

In recent years, research, society and industry recognize the need to transform the agri-food system towards sustainability. Within this process, sustainability experiments play a crucial role in transforming the structure, culture and practices. In literature, much attention is given to new business models, even if the transformation of conventional firms toward sustainability may offer opport...

The ethical implications of screening for HIV: whose choice reigns?

Theorizing Agri-Food Economies

This paper discusses agri-food economies and how they evolve over time. It also analyses how these economies, which often have contradictory dynamics, are theorized. A central thesis of the paper is that different theoretical representations not only reflect the differences in agro-economies and their developmental tendencies, but are also important drivers that actively shape the trajectories ...

Ethicking - Dealing with Ethics Can Micro World Simulations Stimulate Ethical Competence?