Food Studies & Nutrition

Showing 209–224 of 427 results

Title & Subtitle Abstract Contributors Pages Year Purchase
From

Peace by the River – Christian McEachern and the Canadian Veteran Adventure Foundation

From: Field Excercises

Preview

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 discusses … 14 $1.40 Add
From

Pierre Trudeau’s Ambivalence about Poverty

From: When Poverty Mattered

Preview

- 15 $1.50 Add
From

Protecting Seeds

From: Frontline Farmers

Preview

The fourth chapter looks at farmers’ right to save seeds, and how corporate consolidation in agriculture erodes this right, an integral part of food sovereignty. Interviews are with Terry … 19 $1.90 Add
From

Research Backwater

From: Overrun

Preview

In this chapter, the author visits the Louisiana Bayous and meets with researchers studying Asian carp. Topics include the challenges researchers face in collecting usable data to understand the … 31 $3.10 Add
From

State Control

The Politics of Agrarian Change

From: The Political Economy of Agrarian Extractivism

Preview

The “Productive Revolution”: A State-Capital Alliance Mechanisms of Social and Economic Exclusion Productive Exclusion and Implications for Agrarian Change The Simple Reproduction … 34 $3.40 Add
From
NEW!

Technically, It’s a Ravioli

The Wrapper

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

Preview

Kristen Arnett examines the concept of ravioli. 2 $0.20 Add
From

Tell Me A Better Story

Regenerative Economics

From: A Finer Future

Preview

This chapter outlines the systemic changes to our economy that are necessary for a sustainable future. ; ; ; 29 $2.90 Add
From

The Cost of Poverty

From: About Canada: Poverty

Preview

- 26 $2.34 Add
From

The New Media

From: About Canada: Media

Preview

- 22 $2.20 Add
From

Toward a Sustainable Agriculture

From: Emergent Agriculture

Preview

Sustainability is a set of principles that focus on three fundamental elements of durable societies. They are: environmental stewardship, economic viability, and ethical behavior. These elements, … 6 $0.60 Add
From
NEW!

Understanding Adaptive Capacity

PART 1

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

Preview

This chapter explores the concept of adaptive capacity: the ability of a farm to manage human, social, natural, physical, and financial resources to adapt to changes in its environment. The … 14 $1.40 Add
From

Vegetables

From: Resilient Agriculture

Preview

This chapter features case studies of vegetable farmers in different regions and describes the methods they use to adapt to the changing climate and promote sustainability on their own farms. … 38 $3.80 Add
From

Weighing the Alternatives

From: Belongings

Preview

- 43 $4.30 Add
From
NEW!

Who Wants to Be a Farmer?

From: Agriculture and the Generation Problem

Preview

Topics in this chapter explore the future of global agriculture and include: the aspirations of rural youth, rural youth and collective action and what the future holds for smallholder farms. 29 $2.90 Add
From

Why Pervaiz Qazi Went Hungry

Capitalism and the Origins of a Global Food Regime

From: Hungry For Change

Preview

- 16 $1.92 Add
From

“Tierra Y Libertad”

Peasant Resistence and the Quest for Land Reform

From: Hungry For Change

Preview

- 17 $2.04 Add