Introduction : the food commons are coming! / Jose Luis Vivero-Pol, Tomaso Ferrando, Olivier de Schutter and Ugo Mattei -- The idea of food as a commons : multiple understandings for multiple dimensions of food / Jose Luis Vivero-Pol -- The food system as a commons / Giacomo Pettenati, Alessia...

Preface Specialty food (SF) is a rapidly growing market sector, with an annual growth rate of 8-10%. SF products accounted for 13.1% of all retail food sales in 2010, reaching $55.9 billion in sales. One hundred thirty-eight million American consumers (46%) are purchasing specialty foods....

Water, energy and food are key resources to sustain life, and are fundamental to national, regional, and global economies. These three resources are interlinked in multiple ways, and the term "nexus" captures the interconnections. The nexus has been discussed, debated, researched, and advocated...

Does the industrial food complex present a public health problem? -- Does the industrial food complex encourage obesity? -- Does the industrial food complex harm the environment? -- Does the industrial food complex increase economic inequality?