Food Studies & Nutrition
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 Changing TidesAn Ecologist's Journey to Make Peace with the Anthropocene |
Change the story and change the future – merging science and Indigenous knowledge to steer us towards a more benign Anthropocene. As humanity marches on, causing mass extinctions and … | 220 | View | ||
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From  Chapter 1Planning From: Farm the City |
The first chapter discusses the process of planning an urban farm. Topics include the importance of clear missions, the necessity of experiential and financial capital to starting successful … | Michael Ableman | 13 | 2020 | $1.30 Add |
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From  SilphiumFrom: Lost Feast |
This chapter follows Newman’s time in Iceland tasting Icelandic butter and her reflections on culinary extinction and how the Iceland’s unique dairy products could soon become lost. | Lenore Newman | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 1: ArrivalPART I: RED HORIZONS From: Dinner on Mars |
In Chapter 1 the authors imagine what a Martian city would look like in the year 2080. Discussing the chosen location of the city, water access, resources and extraction, food, and how it would … | Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
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From The Scrambled ParadiseFrom: Lost Feast |
In this chapter Newman describes her time travelling through Hawaii and the biodiversity she witnessed there. Newman describes how after centuries of plant and animal invasions, both purposefully … | Lenore Newman | 24 | 2019 | $2.40 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 10: Ballrooms of MarsPART IV: RED DAWN From: Dinner on Mars |
Chapter 10 offers a reflection on what a night out would look like for both the authors in the Martian city in 2080. Discussion recreation, work life, pubs, music and dancing, first and second … | Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From Honey and RosesFrom: Lost Feast |
In this chapter Newman explores the history of honey and mead and how it has maintained a presence and connection to society for millennia’s. | Lenore Newman | 15 | 2019 | $1.50 Add |
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From The Sex Life of PlantsFrom: Lost Feast |
In this chapter Newman continues to focus on the roles of bees, however, this time she explore their role in pollination, crop survival, and the dangers of decline and loss of bee populations … | Lenore Newman | 23 | 2019 | $2.30 Add |
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From Wabi-SabiFrom: Lost Feast |
In this final chapter Newman focuses on our relationship to the ocean and how global warming, pollution, and overfishing puts the is leading us to a global crisis which needs to be addressed. | Lenore Newman | 27 | 2019 | $2.70 Add |
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From Chapter 2Growing From: Farm the City |
This lengthy and comprehensive chapter about growing covers all practical aspects of growing food in urban, paved or contaminated environments including the infrastructure, such as greenhouses … | Michael Ableman | 56 | 2020 | $5.60 Add |
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From Gods and MonstersFrom: Lost Feast |
In this chapter Newman explores the history of major animal extinction through the work of Charles Darwin and other naturalists, through using the decline of the dodo bird throughout. | Lenore Newman | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 2: FoundationPART I: RED HORIZONS From: Dinner on Mars |
Chapter 2 focuses on setting up the foundations for a Martian city. Discussing the establishment of a BaseTown, power, self-sufficiency, food sovereignty, self-reliance, solar energy, … | Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
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From Chapter 3Marketing From: Farm the City |
This chapter discusses choices and considerations for marketing produce such as farmers’ markets, on site retail, community supported agriculture (CSA), restaurant sales, direct to retail, … | Michael Ableman | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add |
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From Across the Seas of GrassFrom: Lost Feast |
In this chapter Newman reflects on her travels to the Yukon to explore northern cuisine during which she reflects on the local bison, their preservation, and the history of the decline of … | Lenore Newman | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 3: Small Is BeautifulPART I: RED HORIZONS From: Dinner on Mars |
Chapter 3 explores the possibilities of nanotechnology. Discussing the potential of biotechnology experiments, crops, algae, bacteria, fertilizers, medicines, and the creation of a new and unique … | Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From Chapter 4People and Principles From: Farm the City |
This chapter delves deeper into the staffing an urban farm. For Sole Food Street Farm, it is to create meaningful, healthy full-time jobs for people most in need of them, and this shapes all of … | Michael Ableman | 15 | 2020 | $1.50 Add |
