This introductory chapter explores the clash between the rhetorical flourishes and the objective evidence that frames the global policy dialogue directed at the challenge of securing an adequate and sustainable supply of affordable and nutritious food for a growing world population.

This chapter focuses on the question of the role expertise should play in the regulation of modern technology in the agriculture and food system and in food policy.

In considering the role of controversial technologies in food security, this chapter looks at the faces of social controversy, the need to sort out agreement from disagreement, and what can be done in policymaking.

This book explores the myths and the reality about GM agriculture and its role in improving food security. The goal of the authors is to use this book to reconfigure the underlying architecture of public consideration of science, technology and commerce in the global food system. An array of...

This chapter looks at the current state and future of global food security, focusing on the role of GM crops. The economic, environmental and human health benefits of GM crops are discussed, as well as the opposition to bioscience strategies for global food security.

This chapter briefly describes various food production options with focus on genetically modified (GM) crops. The regulation of GM crops is discussed. Food safety facts and fictions are reviewed. The future of farming and food safety is discussed.

This chapter attempts to figure out who wins and who loses in GM agriculture. The structure of the biotechnology industry is considered, before discussing the impacts of GM crops.

This chapter describes the safety assessment of food. It defines "natural food" and discusses the impact of "natural food" labelling on food marketing and consumer preference. The association between diet and disease (e.g., neoplasms) and the nutrient improvement of foods through plant breeding...

This chapter describes the popularity of farmers' markets and its impact on local food sales, food supply and food security. The environmental impact (e.g., pollution) of producing and buying local foods, and consumer's trust to local farmers are discussed. The misguided theory of food...

This chapter discusses why foods are labelled, what should we label, and who sets the food label. The monitoring, enforcement and regulation of food labels are described. The labelling of genetically modified foods is discussed.