As the pandemic brought the brokenness and instability of the food system into sharp relief, technologists have rallied narratives of safety, security, and resilience as they pivot to address the crisis. Reisman highlights the political contours of these technologies, arguing that proposed innovations are far from neutral paths toward a more sanitary and secure agri-food future. Indeed, most are limited in their capacity to disrupt patterns of racial and geopolitical hierarchy, ecological precarity, and concentrated power in the food system, or to fulfill pandemic relief promises in their current form.
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