Advances in Food Security and Sustainability

Dr Barling is head of the Centre for Agriculture, Food and Environmental Management at the University of Hertfordshire. His research focuses on food policy, food security and sustainability, and the governance of the agri-food sector. He is co-author of Food Policy: integrating, health, environment and society (Oxford University Press, 2009) and co-editor of Ethical Traceability and Communicating Food (Springer, 2008). He has acted as an advisor and consultant to: UNEP, European Commission DG SANCO, European Parliament, UK Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, the Scottish Government, and a number of other Governmental and non-governmental bodies. He is a trustee of Sustain the UK NGO alliance for better food and farming.

• 1. Fungi, Food Crops, and Biosecurity: Advances and ChallengesJohn A. Lucas2. Connecting Agri-Export Productivism, Sustainability, and Domestic Food Security via the Metabolic Rift: The Case of the Republic of IrelandColin Sage and Tara Kenny3. Public Policy and the Construction of New Markets to Family Farms: Analyzing the Case of School Meals in São Paulo, BrazilWalter Belik and Armando Fornazier4. Addressing Food Security Vulnerabilities Through Urban Food Policy Alliances: The Case of the Sustainable Food Cities Network in the UKAna Moragues-Faus5. The Environmental, Social, and Market Sustainability of SugarTim Lang, Victoria Schoen, Kawther Hashem, Lucy McDonald, Jennifer Parker and Anna Savelyeva6. Sustainability Performance of Food Chains: Linking Biodiversity and Nutritional Value in the Italian Wheat to Bread ChainFrancesca Galli and Gianluca Brunori7. Food Security and the Sustainability of GMOs in the United States and the European UnionGerard Breeman, Sarah Giest and Dovilė Rimkutė