This book examines how the transition to net zero food and farming in the UK can be managed to avoid catastrophic climate change in the crucial decades ahead. It will be of essential reading to students and scholars of food, agriculture and the environment, as well as policymakers and professionals.

Neil Ward is Professor of Rural and Regional Development at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, UK. He was UEA's Deputy Vice Chancellor (2014-2021) and was formerly the Director of the Centre for Rural Economy at Newcastle University (2004-2008). He has worked on 50 funded research projects examining agriculture, environment, food and rural development, served as a Cabinet Office advisor on agriculture and rural affairs and has appeared before numerous parliamentary select committees.

1. Food, Farming and Climate Change 2. Science, Technology and Politics: The Conceptual Approach 3. Food and Farming in Twentieth Century Britain: Productivism and its Aftermath 4. Cleaning and Greening Food and Farming 5. The Evolution of Climate Science and Climate Politics 6. Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Food, Farming and Land Use 7. Diet, Food and Waste 8. Land Use Change and Greenhouse Gas Removal 9. Farming Practice and Climate Change Mitigation 10. The Dynamics of Transitioning to Net Zero 11. Conclusions: Net Zero, Food and Farming