Growing doubts

THIS week sees the launch of Environment And Food, a book by UCC geography lecturer Colin Sage.

The brevity of the title should not obscure the stark content, which explains how the global agri-food system has created problems for the future, for all of us.

Sage’s argument is that “the global agri-food system is unjust, wasteful, and utterly unsustainable in its current form, and requires thorough restructuring not only to address these failures, but also to make it capable of adapting to the stresses of climate change, water scarcity and rising energy costs”.