Food Studies & Nutrition
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From ![]() NEW! 3. Saying Goodbye to PovertyFrom: Earth for All |
Chapter 3 focuses on the methods and theories for how to eradicate poverty across the globe. Topics discussed include "extreme poverty", challenges to economic growth within low-income … | Jørgen Randers; Jayati Ghosh; Johan Rockström; Owen Gaffney; Per Espen Stoknes; Sandrine Dixson-Declève | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
From ![]() NEW! 6. The Food TurnaroundMaking the Food System Healthy for People and Planet From: Earth for All |
Chapter 6 examines the challenges of food security and the future of agriculture, discussing topics including our current effects on the earth’s biosphere, the need for a new agricultural … | Jørgen Randers; Jayati Ghosh; Johan Rockström; Owen Gaffney; Per Espen Stoknes; Sandrine Dixson-Declève | 19 | 2022 | $1.90 Add |
From ![]() A Brief History of Fair TradeFrom Charity to Autonomy and Justice From: The Fair Trade Handbook |
This chapter examines the complex relationships between small producer organizations and Northern NGOs. It concludes with a brief account of the causes of the mission drift within the certifying … | Darryl Reed | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
From ![]() A Chance to Prove Myself Again – Gordon CousinsFrom: Field Excercises |
Readings in this book consist of case studies of programs that use outdoor activities such as farming and gardening to help veterans cope with PTSD and disability. This reading tells the story of … | Stephanie Westlund | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |
From ![]() A Crisis of QualityFrom: About Canada: Media |
Peter Steven | 11 | 2011 | $1.10 Add | |
From ![]() A Few Grains of RiceThe Farm Problem and the Creation of Food Import Dependence From: Hungry For Change |
A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi | 24 | 2013 | $2.88 Add | |
![]() A Finer FutureCreating an Economy in Service to Life |
Humanity is in a race with catastrophe. Is the future one of global warming, 65 million migrants fleeing failed states, soaring inequality, and grid-locked politics? Or one of empowered … | Anders Wijkman; John Fullerton; L. Hunter Lovins; Stewart Wallis | 450 | 2018 | View |
From ![]() A Finer Future is PossibleFrom: A Finer Future |
Conclusion | Anders Wijkman; John Fullerton; L. Hunter Lovins; Stewart Wallis | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
From ![]() A Lively Bean that Brightens LivesFrom: The Fair Trade Handbook |
This illustrated chapter tells the story of Ethiopian coffee in comicbook form. | Bill Barrett and Curt Shoultz | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
![]() A Matter of TasteA Farmers' Market Devotee's Semi-Reluctant Argument for Inviting Scientific Innovation to the Dinner Table |
How did farmer’s markets, nose-to-tail, locavorism, organic eating, CSAs, whole foods, and Whole Foods become synonymous with "good food"? And are these practices … | Rebecca Tucker | 137 | 2018 | View |
From ![]() NEW! “A Multiplication of Wretchedness” in England, 1750–1850 |
Chapter 2 examines England and Wales from the late 1700s and early 1800s, in the midst of what has often been called an agriculture revolution. This chapter argues that appreciation for the … | Jim Handy | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |
From ![]() A New Approach to AgricultureFrom: Emergent Agriculture |
The emergent agriculture is grounded in the philosophies of sustainability, local production, and the values of small-scale, family farming. The emergent agriculture values the crafts of the land … | Gary S. Kleppel | 11 | 2014 | $1.10 Add |
From ![]() NEW! A New Way to Think About SolutionsPART 2 |
This chapter discusses climate change as a major threat to our food system and various possible solutions for tackling this threat. It expands on the concept of resilience and also touches on the … | Laura Lengnick | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
From ![]() NEW! A Spicy Labour of LoveThe Filling |
Perry King shares his own connection to Guyanese food and flavours, the use of dumplings in chicken and vegetable soups, the influences of Caribbean flavours, and his fear of spice and hot things … | Perry King | 4 | 2022 | $0.40 Add |
From ![]() A Values ShiftFrom: A Finer Future |
This chapter explores how the world we live in is shaped by our principles and values and how shifting those values will allow our society to grow and evolve. | Anders Wijkman; John Fullerton; L. Hunter Lovins; Stewart Wallis | 10 | 2018 | $1.00 Add |
![]() About Canada: Media |
Canada enjoys a long-held reputation for producing high-quality media, from National Film Board documentaries to the CBC to children’s programming. But in recent years, funding cuts, … | Peter Steven | 176 | 2011 | View |