Our food system is under pressure – the COVID-19 pandemic, financialization and volatile commodity markets are already shaping global agriculture. Within this context, what are the implications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on our food supply, agriculture, and farmers? In this presentation, Dr. Sarah J Martin will examine the changing dynamics of global food markets, giving a big picture view and historical context for the present food crisis and the dynamics of agricultural infrastructures and markets.
Sarah J. Martin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. She is a political economist specializing in the global political economy of food and agriculture. Past research has explored food sovereignty movements, the political economy of foodservice corporations, and the interaction between finance and agriculture. She is currently researching the dynamics of food, feed and fuel in relation to agri-aqucultures, and recently, co-edited (with Ryan Katz-Rosene) Green Meat: Sustaining Animals, People and the Planet.
