Manufacturing Meaning Along the Food Commodity Chain

A study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), of the social, cultural and economic significance of food in Britain, employing life-history analysis with producers along the food ‘commodity chain’, supplemented by interviews with policy makers, to assess the extent to which everyday food choices are shaped by wider institutional forces. This project is being conducted with Prof Peter Jackson at the University of Sheffield. Summary Project Findings avialable here. An educational web-site developed as part of this project can be found here.

Project funder: ESRC

Staff involved: Neil Ward

Project duration: March 2003 - June 2007