Ethical priorities for future agrifood research

Ethical priorities for future agrifood research

‘For whom? Questioning the food and farming research agenda’, published 2018, is a special magazine exploring where the power lies in setting our food and farming research agenda. Featuring contributions from 32 international experts this collection of articles starts addressing key questions about how the research agenda is set in food and farming, unmasking and challenging the dominant research paradigm, and highlighting inclusive alternatives to deliver public good.

In this extract, Ben Mepham – founder of the Food Ethics Council – argues that ethical reasoning must be a crucial element in decision-making on science and agriculture policy.

Read the full magazine here.