The monstrosity of the corporate control of food shortages: The geopolitics of the 2022 infant feeding crisis in the United States

被引:3
作者
Naylor, Lindsay [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Delaware, Dept Geog & Spatial Sci, 216 Pearson Hall, Newark, DE 19716 USA
关键词
Formula; Human milk; Corporate power; Geopolitics of food;
D O I
10.1016/j.geoforum.2022.09.019
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学]; K9 [地理];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
In this forum I provide a response to the infant formula shortage crisis in the U.S. ongoing since May. I argue that government supported monopoly control of the infant formula market is a geopolitics that has nothing to do with infant feeding and everything to do with profit. I suggest that a diversity of strategies as well as a diversity of feeding options must be undertaken to avoid such human-caused crises in the future.
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页数:5
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