From Brussels to Mussels

RA Students Look at Food and Public Policy

RA students have investigated the public policy dimensions of food production and consumption within the framework of the Spring 2009 300-level course public policy analysis.

A selection of their research papers has been collected in From Brussels to Mussels: A Comparative Perspective on Food and Public Policy. The various contributions seek to provide a comparative perspective by looking at policies in the Netherlands and the European Union. Topics include a case study of the marketing of Optimel -- a functional food aimed at suppressing appetite --, an empirical analysis of EU member states’ positions toward GMO crops, a study of the decision making context of supplying local and organic food in institutional residences and a case study of the European Court of Justice ruling on the permissibility of sowing Irish mussel seed in the Dutch Oosterschelde.

• Table of Contents and the Introductory Chapter
• From Brussels to Mussels: A Comparative Perspective on Food and Public Policy (full text)
  

This is the second volume of papers generated within the context of this course. The first volume, which focused on obesity, can still be accessed here. For more information on the research project, please contact Dr. Herman Lelieveldt.