1 a sustainability perspective innovations in the food system natalia yakovleva1 and andrew flynn1 ken green2 chris foster2 paul dewick2 brass research centre cardiff university 54 park place cf10 3at uk e mail yakovlevan ac 2 cromtec institute of innovation manchester school management umist po box 88 m601qd paper presented at joint 4s easst conference 2004 public proofs sciences technology democracy 25 28 august paris abstract technological development within most obviously contributes to economic efficiency mainly through reduction product costs adaptation products consumer criteria however increasingly has answer broader societal objectives such as sustainable therefore implications have be considered significant effects upon passing materials more quickly supply chain diminishing impacts distance for sourcing impacting structure diversity these important an interesting aspect is its capacity
