In this course you will explore the global food system with a focus on food security. In particular the changing shift in patterns of food production and consumption will be addressed and their associated impact on communities. Emphasis will be placed on the shift out of traditional food regimes to modern industrial systems and the role of transnational corporations in the increasing commercialisation of global food systems. You will investigate processes of consumption characterised by immense contradictions of widespread hunger and malnutrition alongside of lifestyles of over-consumption and waste. You will examine the environmental implications of the global food system along with the social, cultural and economic impact of these transitions, and the local-global interconnections of food security into the future