Task Description
Drawing on the literature, frameworks, arguments and concepts introduced in this subject, write a 3,000 word essay addressing this topic. The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate your understanding of the general food system structures, power relations and dynamics that are discussed in the lectures and reading material across the first ten weeks of the subject. You are expected to draw on and engage directly with the food politics literature referred to in this subject and available on Canvas. Illustrate your arguments with specific examples and case studies, and be clear about the geographical context of your examples.
Your essay must draw upon and reference at least 5 of the core and extended reading lists related to the topic on Canvas to receive a pass grade.
TOPIC:
1. The Politics of Industrial Meat
‘Industrial meat’ production refers to the factory farming and large-scale commercial grazing of animals. The growth in industrial meat production globally has been associated with extensive ecological impacts and resource use. Many organisations and experts are now calling for the reduction of meat production and/or the shift to more sustainable forms of meat production.
(i) Discuss some of the key food system dynamics and power relations that have driven the growth of industrial meat production;
AND
(ii) Discuss how these systems of production and power relations need to be addressed and reformed to reduce meat production and to create more ecologically sustainable forms of meat production.
The majority of your essay should focus on part (i) of the topic. The topic asks you to address meat production, and not meat consumption.
It is crucial to use all the resourses i attached. (minimum 10).