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Andrew Bowman and Reena das Nair<\/strong><\/p>

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COVID-19 is prompting widespread questioning of food systems and the ways efficiency and competitiveness have been previously understood (Ruben et al, 2020; IPES-Food, 2020; Farley & Scherr, 2020). Recent decades have seen increasing concentration among powerful large firms, the growth of complex global value chains underpinned by just-in-time systems, and pressure to deliver lower prices, higher levels of processing and greater convenience alongside retail supermarketisation. This creates challenges ranging from ecological sustainability to public health.<\/p>

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Andrew Bowman and Reena das Nair \u00a0 COVID-19 is prompting widespread questioning of food systems and the ways efficiency and competitiveness have been previously understood (Ruben et al, 2020; IPES-Food, 2020; Farley & Scherr, 2020). Recent decades have seen increasing concentration among powerful large firms, the growth of complex global value chains underpinned by just-in-time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thinkingaheadsa"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n