Except in our food insecurity section, we set aside works dealing only with
food production and not with its consumption. On the one hand, the literature on
agriculture in developing countries is extensive and requires separate review; on
the other, the social science of food production in industrialized contexts is scant
(Murcott 1999a). Our focus on works that postdate Messer's review of similar
themes heavily favors anthropology, but unity of theme mattered more in some
instances than did disciplinary boundaries.