The explosion of materials on food politics, and the increasing popularity of food as an area of social science research, makes teaching a course on the politics of food both increasingly interesting and increasingly difficult. When I first started teaching my food politics course about ten years ago, there were shockingly few resources available. Most of the materials were either published in academic journals like Food Policy or Agriculture and Human Values, which were often cast at too high a level for the average undergraduate, or were popular books that lacked the rigor and research background of the academic literature.
I’m happy to say that this is no longer a problem. A growing number of books—both popular and academic—journal articles, films, blogs, etc. have been published over the past decade, starting most notably with Marion Nestle’s Food Politics (which celebrated its 10th anniversary with a new edition)…
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Dr. Bukar Ali USMAN, mni 