Feeding People in a Crisis

The UK Food System and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Michael Winter (University of Exeter), Steven Guilbert (University of Exeter), Timothy Wilkinson (University of Exeter) , Matt Lobley (University of Exeter)

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English

Bristol University Press
19 December 2024

Poverty & unemployment; Social impact of disasters; Human geography; Political geography

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 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.

By: Michael Winter (University of Exeter), Steven Guilbert (University of Exeter), Timothy Wilkinson (University of Exeter), Matt Lobley (University of Exeter), Catherine Broomfield (University of Exeter)
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm,
ISBN: 9781529247282
ISBN 10: 1529247284
Pages: 204
Publication Date: 19 December 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Michael Winter OBE is the Glanely Professor of Agricultural Change at the University of Exeter and Chair of Devon's Local Nature Partnership. Steven Guilbert is a Research Impact Fellow at the University of Exeter. Timothy Wilkinson is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Rural Policy Research, University of Exeter Matt Lobley is Professor of Rural Resource Management and Director of the CRPR at the University of Exeter. Catherine Broomfield is a Research Associate at the Centre for Rural Policy Research, University of Exeter.

Reviews for Feeding People in a Crisis: The UK Food System and the COVID-19 Pandemic

“Crises help expose and unsettle previously taken-for-granted assumptions, and this book explains what the COVID-19 pandemic revealed about how the UK food system functions. A must-read for agri-food scholars.” Neil Ward, University of East Anglia