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Growing middle classes in China, India, Brazil and Russia mean there are more people with more money to spend on food. (Photo: EUobserver)

Food chain complexities raise questions about the way Europeans eat

The relationship between Europeans and their food is growing in complexity, governed by cultural, social and economic factors and influenced ever more by unpredictable weather patterns and the rising middle class in Asian countries.

Just ten years ago, food price stability was not an issue, the effects of climate change on food supply was similarly not recognised while obesity was only just beginning to impinge on society's consciousness.

"It is a rule of life that only when we ha...

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Growing middle classes in China, India, Brazil and Russia mean there are more people with more money to spend on food. (Photo: EUobserver)

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