When Staples Vanished: Supermarket Panic-Buying during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Autor: Erin Kawazu, Fernando Ortiz-Moya
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Gastronomica. 20:79-81
ISSN: 1533-8622
1529-3262
Popis: This short article offers a vignetteof experiences with food and COVID-19in Zushi City, Japan early in the pandemic toshedlight on the vulnerabilities of the country’s food system.Itillustrates how nationalpolicies to control the spread of infectionaffected consumer behavior on the groundand raises larger questions about the sustainability and resilienceof food systems that are dependent on global supply chains and importations.
Databáze: OpenAIRE