HOMELAND SECURITY

Homeland Security

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Homeland Security

The promise for terrorist attacks against farming goals (agroterrorism) is increasingly identified as a nationwide security risk, particularly after the events of September 11, 2001. In this context, agroterrorism is characterised as the premeditated introduction of an animal or vegetation disease with the aim of developing worry over the security of nourishment, causing financial losses, and/or undermining communal stability. The response to the threat of agroterrorism has come to be called "food defense."1

An agroterrorist event would usually involve bioterrorism, since likely vectors include pathogens such as a viruses, bacteria, or fungi. People more generally associate bioterrorism with outbreaks ...