ABSTRACT
This chapter uses the metaphor of food to grasp some of the complex issues surrounding the place, culture, and sustainability. The globalisation of food has opened ways to explore other cultures, exchange products, and practices and has enriched our lives in many ways. Concomitantly, it has also produced certain losses and has severely impacted the planet. Long supply chains, unequal power relationships in agriculture, trade, and consumption, as well as overproduction, overconsumption, and over-waste are all facets of globalisation and capitalism. This lens allows us to explore questions and interlinkages around environmental damage, health, inequality, waste, and gender roles, highlighting how our worldviews are reflected in our food systems and how both are currently on an unsustainable trajectory.
