Food, Pandemics, and the Anthropocene: On the Necessity of Food and Agriculture 
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Rosol, Christoph; Rosol, Marit

doi:10.15353/cfs-rcea.v9i1.532

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Food, Pandemics, and the Anthropocene: On the Necessity of Food and Agriculture Change

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Rosol, Christoph
Department Structural Changes in Systems of Knowledge, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Max Planck Society;

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Rosol, C., & Rosol, M. (2022). Food, Pandemics, and the Anthropocene: On the Necessity of Food and Agriculture Change. Canadian Food Studies / Le Revue canadienne des études sur l’alimentation, 9(1), 281-293. doi:10.15353/cfs-rcea.v9i1.532.

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The COVID-19 crisis demonstrates forcefully that human health, the well-being of animals, and planetary health must not be viewed in isolation—and that they all depend to a large extent on the ways in which we produce, process, trade, and consume food. In this perspective essay, we argue for the centrality of food and agriculture to the epoch of the Anthropocene and why profound changes are needed more than ever. We close with some reflections on how the disruptions associated with the current pandemic also offer the opportunity for the necessary ecological, economic, and social transformation of our agri-food systems—toward healthy humans, animals, and a healthy and biodiverse planet.