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Feeding a rapidly growing\u00a0global population\u00a0is nearly impossible. Food production is increasingly controlled by powerful organizations, climate change is negatively impacting food production, inequality is growing globally, and menacing geopolitical shifts are likely to make matters worse.\u00a0Dr William Lacy, a leading\u00a0sociologist\u00a0and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Human Ecology at the University of California Davis, USA, has looked back on 40 years of research in the journal\u00a0Agriculture and Human Values<\/em>. He uncovered clear guidelines as to how local food systems and democratized science can encourage the necessary changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Feeding a rapidly growing\u00a0global population\u00a0is nearly impossible. Food production is increasingly controlled by powerful organizations, climate change is negatively impacting food production, inequality is growing globally, and menacing geopolitical shifts are likely to make matters worse.\u00a0Dr William Lacy, a leading\u00a0sociologist\u00a0and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Human Ecology at the University of California Davis, USA,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1003,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107,175,21],"tags":[195,196,159],"class_list":["post-1002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-research","category-science","tag-agriculture","tag-food-systems","tag-research-outreach"],"yoast_head":"\nThe critical role of local food systems and democratized science - Daryl Ilbury<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/darylilbury.com\/?p=1002\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The critical role of local food systems and democratized science - Daryl Ilbury\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Feeding a rapidly growing\u00a0global population\u00a0is nearly impossible. 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