Tangled Routes
Tangled Routes Where does our food come from? What production practices have transformed it from seed to fruit, from fresh to processed form? Whose hands have planted, cultivated, picked, packed,…
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Tangled Routes
Where does our food come from? What production practices have transformed it from seed to fruit, from fresh to processed form? Whose hands have planted, cultivated, picked, packed, processed, transported, scanned, sold, sliced, and cooked it?
What are the effects of those decisions on our health and the health of the planet? Who decides what is grown and how? Tangled Routes tackles these fascinating questions and demystifies globalization by tracing the long journey of a corporate tomato from a Mexican field to a Canadian fast-food restaurant.
Through an interdisciplinary lens, Deborah Barndt examines the dynamic relationships between production and consumption, work and technology, biodiversity and cultural diversity, and health and environment. A globalization-from-above perspective is reflected in the corporate agendas of a Mexican agribusiness, the U.S.-based McDonald's chain, and