Food Studies & Nutrition
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From  The Glorious GateFrom: Overrun |
This chapter discusses efforts by un United States Army Corps of Engineers to construct a barrier to prevent the Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. | Andrew Reeves | 30 | 2019 | $3.00 Add |
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From  The New NormalFrom: Emergent Agriculture |
Farmers have played roulette with the weather for 10,000 years. They know the risks and they live with them. They tend to believe that if the weather beats them down this year, things will be … | Gary S. Kleppel | 15 | 2014 | $1.50 Add |
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From  The Roots of Fair Trade and SPPMy Experiences Alongside Small Producers From: The Fair Trade Handbook |
In this chapter, the author shares some of his experiences in the fair trade movement, from the origins of what is now the Fairtrade label to the creation and consolidation of the Small Producers … | Jerónimo Pruijn | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From  NEW! The Rules of ResiliencePART 2 |
This chapter explores rules of resilience, which are: to Cultivate diverse networks of reciprocal relationship, to Cultivate regional self-reliance, and to Cultivate the accumulation of … | Laura Lengnick | 15 | 2022 | $1.50 Add |
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From  “Red in Tooth and Claw”Capitalist Agriculture Versus Food Sovereignty From: Hungry For Change |
- | A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi | 14 | 2013 | $1.68 Add |
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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 |
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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 |
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From  An Unsolved Crime, a Journalist’s Secrets and the Suspected BurglarsFrom: When Poverty Mattered |
- | Paul Weinberg | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 9: Closed LoopsPART IV: RED DAWN From: Dinner on Mars |
Chapter 9 focuses on the creation and maintaining of a closed loop system for the Martian community. Discussing recycling, problems of the industrial revolution, circular food systems, … | Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Corporate TransformationFrom: A Finer Future |
This chapter explores ways in which the underlying corporate structure upon which our economy is built will need to reorganize and refocus towards long term sustainability. | Anders Wijkman; John Fullerton; L. Hunter Lovins; Stewart Wallis | 26 | 2018 | $2.60 Add |
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From  Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing ClimateFrom: Resilient Agriculture |
The final chapter of the book looks beyond the farm and assesses ways for the entire food production system – from farm to table – to become more resilient. Everything from … | Laura Lengnick | 34 | 2015 | $3.40 Add |
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From eDNA RisingFrom: Overrun |
This chapter explores the various ways in which genetic testing is now being used to track the spread of Asian carp. Topics discussed include the various potential applications of environmental … | Andrew Reeves | 27 | 2019 | $2.70 Add |
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From  Embracing Agrarian Feminism: “The Farm Is Mary’s and Mine”From: Frontline Farmers |
The ninth chapter considers the experiences of women in the National Farmers Union and as farmers. Interviews are with Joan Brady, Marie Burge, Shannon Jones, Jean Leahy, Coral Sproule and Nettie … | Carla Roppel | 19 | 2019 | $1.90 Add |
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From  Food Co-ops and the Local EconomyFrom: Grocery Story |
This chapter describes the benefits of food co-ops to the local economy via the retention of profits, local supply chains, and the value of using the language of "economic development" … | John Steinman | 18 | 2019 | $1.80 Add |
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From  Food Sovereignty in the Golden Horseshoe Region of Ontario |
- | Harriet Friedmann | 21 | 2010 | $2.94 Add |
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From NEW! Is Sustainable Agriculture a Resilient Agriculture?PART 2 |
This chapter examines the topic of sustainable agriculture, the U.S. food system, food and farming philosophies, and resilience. The chapter draws on real-world case studies. | Laura Lengnick | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
