The problem with solutions: why Silicon Valley can't hack the future of food

Abstract

"A concise and feisty takedown of the all-style, no-substance tech ventures that fail to solve our food crises. The Problem with Solutions combines an analysis of the rise of tech company solution culture with findings from actual research on the sector's ill-informed attempts to address the problems of food and agriculture. As this seductive approach continues to infiltrate universities and academia, Guthman challenges us to reject apolitical and self-gratifying techno-solutions and develop the capacity and willingness to respond to the root causes of these crises. Solutions, she argues, are a product of our current condition, not an answer to it."