This paper examines the effects and consequences of imported food and its displacement of local products on public health and the natural environment facing the small island nations of the South Pacific region.

As economically and politically weak members of the global system, South Pacific nations have been extremely vulnerable to the socio-political, cultural, and environmental challenges of rapid, and for the most part, unregulated globalization. Our focus will be on the following:

1. The effects and consequences of imported food and its displacement of local products on public health and the natural environment.
2. The underlying socio-economic, political, cultural, and historical forces impacting changes in this area, namely, colonialism and modern globalization.
3. What reform efforts have been proposed, and how effective have they been?
4. Do the demands and needs of a healthy society contradict the realities of modern globalization and its transformation of consumption and production patterns?

The focus of the study will include countries such as Vanuatu, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Fiji, and the Solomon Islands.