Journal title RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA
Author/s Elena dell'Agnese, Marcella Schmidt di Friedberg
Publishing Year 2023 Issue 2023/4
Language Italian Pages 18 P. 73-90 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/rgioa4-2023oa16849
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Although food systems are responsible for a third of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, food is often relegated to a marginal position in ecological transition policies. Even when food is mentioned, the focus seems to be on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in relation to energy consumption. However, what we eat, and in particular the meat diet, also has a very high ‘climate’ weight. This paper explores how food culture is articulated in relation to climate change. In particular, it asks whether meat substitutes and the introduction of ‘new’ foods (insects, algae) should become ‘normal’ in order to reduce the climate impact of conventional diets. The economic, employment and landscape consequences of this protein shift, and hence of livestock abandonment and crop change, remain to be explored.
Keywords: ; plant-based meat, novel foods, climate change
Elena dell'Agnese, Marcella Schmidt di Friedberg, Oltre la carne? Insostenibilità alimentari, (possibili) transizioni proteiche e paesaggi del futuro in "RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA" 4/2023, pp 73-90, DOI: 10.3280/rgioa4-2023oa16849