Christopher Mayes is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, University of Sydney. Christopher’s research interests are in continental philosophy, bioethics, public health and food studies.
His latest book 'The Biopolitics of Lifestyle: Foucault, Ethics and Health Choices' (Routledge, 2015) investigates the use of ‘lifestyle’ as a device through which choices and behaviours are governed in response to the purported obesity epidemic.
He blogs at 'A Disorder of Things' https://adisorderofthings.wordpress.com/
He is a member of The Australian Sociological Association and the Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy.

The limit of labels: ethical food is more than consumer choice
Sep 08, 2016 07:46 am UTC| Life Politics
Over the past hundred years, industrial agriculture and the globalised food system have produced cheaper, longer lasting and more diverse food items. We can now enjoy tropical fruits in winter, purchase whole chickens at...