The Emerging Nano-Corporate Paradigm: Nanotechnology and the Transformation of Nature, Food and Agri-Food Systems
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Jun 4, 2007
Gyorgy Scrinis
Kristen Lyons
Abstract
Nanotechnology represents the latest in a line of technological innovations set to transform agriculture and food production. From the farm to the table, nanotechnology research and development is being applied across the entire agri-food system. In this paper we outline the contours of what we call the nano-corporate food paradigm. We examine research and commercial applications of nanotechnology in the agriculture and food sectors, and showcase the ways in which the nano-corporate food paradigm is being applied, and at the same time may shape and transform agri-food systems.
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Scrinis, G. . and Lyons, K. . (2007) “The Emerging Nano-Corporate Paradigm: Nanotechnology and the Transformation of Nature, Food and Agri-Food Systems ”, The International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food. Paris, France, 15(2), pp. 22–44. doi: 10.48416/ijsaf.v15i2.293.
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Dupuy, J.P. 2007. “Some pitfalls in the philosophical foundations of nanoethics”. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 32: 237-261.
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Gardener, E. 2002. “Brainy Food: Academia, Industry Sink Their Teeth Into Edible Nano.” Small Times. June 21.
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Institute of Nanotechnology: May. Available at: www.nanoforum.org.
Kloppenburg, J.R. 2004. First the Seed: The Political Economy of Plant Biotechnology 1492-2000. Second Edition. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.
Kloppenburg, J. 1992. ‘Science in Agriculture: A Reply to Molnar, Duffy, Cummins, and Van Santen and to Flora’, Rural Sociology, 57 (1):98-107.
Kuzma, J. and VerHage, P. 2006. “Nanotechnology in Agriculture and Food Production Anticipated Applications.” Woodrow Wilson International Center For Scholars: September.
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Mannino, S. and Scampicchio, M. 2007. “Nanotechnology and food quality control.” Veterinary Research Communications, 31 (Suppl. 1): 149-151.
McMichael, P. 2005. “Global development and the corporate food regime”, in New Directions in the Sociology of Global Development, edited by Buttel, F. and McMichael, P. Oxford: Elsevier.
Moraru, C., Panchapakesan, C., Huang, Q., Takhistov, P., Liu, S. and Kokini, J. 2003. “Nanotechnology: A New Frontier in Food Science” Food Technology (57) 12: 24-29.
National Nanotechnology Strategy Taskforce. 2006. “Options for a National Nanotechnology Strategy.” Report to Minister Industry, Tourism and Resources, Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources. June.
Nichols-Richardson, S.M. 2007. “Nanotechnology: Implications for Food and Nutrition professionals”. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 107 (9): 1494-1497.
Patrick McCray, W. 2005. “Will Small be Beautiful? Making Policies for our Nanotech Future” History and Technology (21) 2 June: 177-203.
Paull, J. and Lyons, K. 2008 forthcoming. “Nano-in-Food – Threat or Opportunity for Organic Food? Paper to be presented at the 16th IFOAM Organic World
Congress, Modena, Italy, June 16-20.
http://orgprints.org/view/projects/conference.html
Pustzai, A and Bardocz, S. 2006. “The Future of Nanotechnology in Food Science and Nutrition: Can Science Predict its Safety?”. in Nantechnology Risk, Ethics and Law, edited by G. Hunt and M. Mehta. London: Earthscan.
Renton, A. 2006. “Welcome to the world of nano foods”. The Guardian (UK), December 17, 2006.
Roco, M. 2005. “International Perspective on Government Nanotechnology Funding in 2005” Journal of Nanoparticle Research 7: 707-712.
Ross, S., Srinivas, P., Clifford, A., Lee, S., Philbert, M. and Hettich, R. 2004. “New Technologies for Nutrition Research” The Journal of Nutrition, 134: 681-685.
Rowan, D. 2004. “How Technology is Changing our Food.” The Observer Sunday, May 16.
Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering (2004). Nanoscience and nanotechnologies: Opportunities and uncertainties. London: RS-RAE.
Rutzke, C.J. 2003. Nanoscale Scince and Engineering for Agriculture and Food Systems. Report submitted to the National Planning Workshop, United States Department of Agriculture. Washington, DC.
Sandler, R. and W.D. Kay (2006). ‘The National Nanotechnology Initiative and the Social Good’. The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 34(4): 675-681.
Sanguansri, P and Augustin, M.A. 2006. “Nanoscale materials development — a food industry perspective”. Trends in Food Science and Technology 17: 547-556.
Savage, N. and Diallo, M. 2005. “Nanomaterials and Water Purification: Opportunities and Challenges” Journal of Nanoparticle Research 7: 331-342.
Scott, N.R. 2007. “Nanoscience in Veterinary Medicine”. Veterinary Research Communications. 31 (Suppl. 1): 139-144.
Shand, H. and Wetter, K.J. 2006. “Shrinking science: An introduction to nanotechnology”, in State of the World 2006: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society, edited by Linda Starke. World Watch Institute.
Sharp, G. 1992. “Intellectual Interchange and Social Practice”. Arena. 99/100: 188-216.
Scrinis, G. 2008a forthcoming. “On the Ideology of Nutritionism.” Gastronomica 8 (1).
------. 2008b forthcoming. “Functional Foods or Functionally-Marketed Foods?” Public Health Nutrition 11.
------. 2007. “From Techno-Corporate Food to Alternative Agri-Food Movements.” Local-Global 4: 112-140.
------. 2006a. “Nanotechnology and the Environment: The Nano-Atomic Reconstruction of Nature.” Chain Reaction, 97: 23-26.
------. 2006b. “When Small isn’t Beautiful”. Arena Magazine, 83: 38-40.
------. 2002. “Sorry Marge”. Meanjin. 61(4): 108-116.
------. 2000. “The precise problem with GM food”. The Age. Op-Ed. April 14, 2000. Melbourne.
------. 1995. Colonizing the Seed: Genetic Engineering and Techno-Industrial Agriculture. Melbourne: Friends of the Earth.
Stilgoe, J. 2007. Nanodialogues. Experiments in Public Engagement with Science. London: Demos.
Swiss Re. 2004. “Nanotechnology: Small matter, many unknowns”. Swiss Reinsurance Company. Zurich. Available at http://www.swissre.com
Syngenta 2007. “Warrior with Zeon technology Insecticide”. Available at: http://www.syngentacropprotection-us.com/prodrender/index.asp?nav=MOA&ProdID415 Accessed 01/11/2007
Tip Top. “Tip Top Up Omega 3 DHA Marketing Case Studies Information Sheet.” Available at: www.tiptop.com.au.
Tolstoshev, A. 2006. “Nanotechnology: Assessing the Environmental Risks for Australia”. Earth Policy Centre. University of Melbourne. September 2006.
Torney, F. et al. 2007. “Mesoporous silica nanoparticles deliver DNA and chemicals into plants”. Nature Nanotechnology 2 (5): 295-300.
Wang, X. et al. 2007 forthcoming. “Enhancing anti-inflammation activity of curcumin through O/W nanoemulsions”. Food Chemistry.
Weiss, J., Takhistov, P. and McClements, J. 2006. “Functional Materials in Food Nanotechnology” Journal of Food Science, 71, 9: 107-116).
Wilkinson, J. 2002a. “Genetically modified organisms, organics and the contested construction of demand in the agrofood system”. International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 10(2): 3-11.
Wilkinson, J. 2002b. “The final foods industry and the changing face of the global food system”. Sociologia Ruralis, 42 (4): 329-346.
Zhang, F., Wang, R., Xiao, Q., Wang, Y. and Zhang, J. 2006. “Effects of Slow/Controlled Release Fertiliser Cemented and Coated by Nano-Materials on Biology”. Nanoscience, 11(1):18-26.
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