Feeding People in a Crisis: The UK Food System and the COVID-19 Pandemic (First Edition)

By: Michael Winter and Steven Guilbert and Timothy Wilkinson and Matt Lobley and Catherine Broomfield

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Synopsis: Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. ‘Panic buying’ at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic generated enduring media images of empty supermarket shelves and calls for food rationing. The fragility of the 'just-in-time' food system was seemingly exposed yet, as the pandemic progressed in the UK, there were remarkably few food shortages. This book reveals the changing patterns of food provision in the UK during that period, looking at how diets changed and how retail, processing, distribution and production businesses adapted. But beneath the apparent logistical success story, there were injustices as the more vulnerable struggled to access good quality food and some businesses received inadequate help. The authors consider the winners and losers in a time of rapid social change, the lasting impacts on the UK food system and lessons to be learned for a food system dependent on imports and large retailers and with a high burden of diet-related health issues.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781529242195
Related ISBNs:: 9781529242218, 9781529247282, 9781529242201, 9781529242188
Publisher:: Bristol University Press
Date of Addition:: 12/19/24
Copyrighted By:: Bristol University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine, Social Studies, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.