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Food Systems

Laurie Taylor uncovers the social history of our abundant, but scarcely noticed food packaging, and its role in global food systems. Also, a defence of processed food.

Laurie Taylor talks to Ann Murcott, Honorary Professorial Research Associate, at SOAS, University of London about the origins and development of food packaging, from tin cans and glass jars to bottles and plastic trays. How central is packaging to global food systems and should we be concerned about wasteful packaging ? Also, Anastacia Marx de Salcedo, offers a spirited defence of processed food from a feminist, economic, and public-health perspective.

Producer: Jayne Egerton

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28 minutes

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Sun 3 Nov 2024 06:05
大象传媒 Radio 4

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Guests and further reading

Anne Murcott, Honorary Professorial Research Associate, at SOAS, University of London聽The (Not So) Secret Lives of Food Packaging (Bloomsbury Publishing)
Anastacia Marx de Salcedo, public health consultant and food writer
In Defense of Processed Food (Food Controversies) Reaktion Books聽

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  • Tue 29 Oct 2024 15:30
    大象传媒 Radio 4
  • Sun 3 Nov 2024 06:05
    大象传媒 Radio 4

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