From farm to fork, the conventional food chain is under enormous pressure to respond to a whole series of new challenges - food scares in rich countries, food security concerns in poor countries, and a burgeoning problem of obesity in all countries. As more and more people demand to know where their[...]

Examining corporate retailers, government regulators, and consumer organizations involved in the food sector, Marsden and Andrew Flynn (environmental policy and planning, Cardiff U., UK) and Michelle Harrison, a researcher at the Henley Centre in London, raise several questions about what the public[...]