Prevailing strategies for more sustainable animal production are mainly aiming at increasing the efficiency of production processes. Meanwhile, others are criticising the consumption of animal-derived foods, and concepts of efficiency and sufficiency. It argues that to successfully reorient animal agriculture towards a sustainable and resilient future, efficiency, sufficiency, and consistency strategies should be considered as mutually complementary.

This book tells the story of changing patterns of food provision in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. From the pandemic to the war in Ukraine, climate change and inflation, the authors discuss the food system’s winners and losers in a time of rapid social change.