There is a fundamental relationship between who we are and what we eat. Historically, cultures have had deeply rooted traditions around food, yet over the last three decades there has been greater change in the way we eat than in the previous 30,000 years.
The Future of Food conference, organised by the Institute for Human Sciences at Boston University, presented a transatlantic perspective on the consequences of this transformation, asking questions such as “Is there a direct relationship between the modernisation of agriculture and the degradation of culture?” – a question first posed by the ...
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