ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the challenges of food security using the food regimes approach. The concept of a food regime allows us to analyse the role of agriculture and food in different stages of the global capitalist economy. Three historical food regimes have been identified: The First Food Regime lasted from 1870 to 1914, and the Second Food Regime lasted from the end of World War II to the end of the twentieth century. The Third Food Regime is currently emerging. Recent agrarian and food crises have highlighted the weaknesses of the Third Food Regime in addressing problems of food insecurity, even in the Global North. The Arctic is especially vulnerable since recent adverse external factors (e.g., climate change) are threatening food security in the region. This chapter analyses the Third Food Regime and the challenges to food security in the Arctic in the context of the Third Food Regime. The chapter argues that the dynamics of the Third Food Regime and external factors reinforce each other and undermine food security strategies in the Arctic.
