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English
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"A public health approach to the US food systemIntroduction to the US Food System: Public Health, Environment, and Equity is a comprehensive and engaging textbook that offers students an overview of today's US food system, with particular focus on the food system's interrelationships with public health, the environment, equity, and society. Using a classroom-friendly approach, the text covers the core content of the food system and provides evidence-based...
Series
Woodhead Publishing in food science technology and nutrition volume no. 185
Publisher
Woodhead Pub. Ltd
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Author
Series
Civilisations et sociétés volume 20
Publisher
Mouton and Company
Pub. Date
1970.
Language
Français
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"In recent years the issue of food security has become centre stage in the global agenda. Through a multidisciplinary approach, this book provides an overview of the new global challenges connected with land, food supply and agriculture. It does not simply raise the debate; rather it aspires to move forward the debate that has started with the G20 meetings. "--
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
In a smart, compelling format with updated facts, plenty of photos, graphs, and visuals, this book encourages kids to consider the personal and global health implications of their food choices.
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Language
English
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"Millions across the world face the daily challenge to find enough food to survive. Hunger is on the rise globally, with more than 1.2 billion people suffering from food insecurity. Rising prices are further restricting food access. In this deeply informative study, Majda Bne Saad identifies the causes for global hunger embedded in the current global political and economic system and highlights the key challenges facing food deficit countries. She...
Author
Publisher
New Press
Language
English
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Description
Through meticulous research, Hauter presents a shocking account of how agricultural policy has been hijacked by lobbyists, driving out independent farmers and food processors in favor of the likes of Cargill, Tyson, Kraft, and ConAgra. She demonstrates how the impacts ripple far and wide, from economic stagnation in rural communities at home, to famines in poor countries overseas. In the end, Hauter illustrates how solving this crisis will require...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"O Grada explores the causes and profound consequences of famine over the past five millennia ... He enriches our understanding of the most crucial and far-reaching aspects of famine; how food markets can mitigate famine or make it worse; famine's long-term demographic consequences; and the successes or failures of globalized disaster relief. O Grada demonstrates the central role famine has played in the economic and political histories of places"--From...
Publisher
Ashgate
Language
English
Formats
Description
"What defines a sustainable food system? How can it be more inclusive? How do local and global scales interact and how does power flow within food systems? How to encourage an interdisciplinary approach to realizing sustainable food systems? And how to activate change? These questions are considered by EU and North American academics and practitioners in this book. Using a wide range of case studies, it provides a critical overview, showing how and...
19) Fighting for the future of food: activists versus agribusiness in the struggle over biotechnology
Author
Series
Social movements protest and contention volume 35
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English