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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...
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Civilisations et sociétés volume 20
Publisher
Mouton and Company
Pub. Date
1970.
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Français
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Woodhead Publishing in food science technology and nutrition volume no. 185
Publisher
Woodhead Pub. Ltd
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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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...
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Ashgate
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English
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"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...
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John Wiley & Sons Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"With the global population projected to reach 9 billion by the year 2050, the need for nations to secure food supplies for their populations has never been more pressing. Finding better supply chain solutions is an essential part of achieving a secure and sustainable diet for a rapidly increasing population. We are now in a position, through methods including life cycle assessment (LCA), carbon footprinting and other tools, to accurately measure...
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British Food Journal volume Volume 121, Number 6
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Emerald Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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California studies in food and culture volume 16
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University of California Press
Pub. Date
c2006
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English
19) Handbook for defining and setting up a Food Security Information and Early Warning System (FSIEWS)
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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2001
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English
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The New Press
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2019.
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English
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A major new book that shows the world already has the tools to feed itself, without expanding industrial agriculture or adopting genetically modified seeds, from the Small Planet Institute expert Few challenges are more daunting than feeding a global population projected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 at a time when climate change is making it increasingly difficult to successfully grow crops. In response, corporate and philanthropic leaders have called...
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