Food Studies & Nutrition

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Advancing Agriculture By Destroying Farms?

The State of Agriculture in Canada

From: Food Sovereignty in Canada

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Burning Planet

From: Getting to Zero

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Explores the big picture of ongoing global warming, and the lack of impact to date of the Paris Accord. Summarizes the threat to soil, water, and air. 23 $2.30 Add
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Planning

From: Farm the City

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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 … 13 $1.30 Add
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Chapter 1: Arrival

PART I: RED HORIZONS

From: Dinner on Mars

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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 … ; 7 $0.70 Add
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Climate Change is Changing the Weather

PART 1

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

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This chapter presents current and projected changes in weather-related challenges across the U.S. It presents specific examples of unprecedented disruptions and shocks associated with climate … 18 $1.80 Add
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Eating

From: Curry

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This chapter focuses on South Asian culture through eating, cookbooks, and nostalgia. There is an exploration of South Asian food writing and its intersection with colonialism, international … 36 $3.60 Add
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Forms, Styles and Genres

From: About Canada: Media

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Framing Resistance

International Food Regimes & the Roots of Food Sovereignty

From: Food Sovereignty

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Generationing Agrarian Transformation

From: Agriculture and the Generation Problem

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Topics covered in this chapter include: Colonial agrarian transformations, Socialist agrarian transformations, China and the Soviet Union, Corporate Farming, the Green Revolution, and an … 38 $3.80 Add
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Gods and Monsters

From: Lost Feast

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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. 22 $2.20 Add
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Good Food

From: A Matter of Taste

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Good Food Values

From: Take Back the Tray

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In the Beginning

From: Overrun

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In this chapter, the author explores the history of the Asian carp in North America beginning with its introduction in the mid 20th century. The chapter explores aquaculture in the Mississippi … 33 $3.30 Add
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Industrialization

Part I: Roots

From: Good Crop / Bad Crop

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Chapter 2 explores new models of agribusiness and industrial  farming, genetically engineered plants, Canada’s ‘‘farm family’’ image, the National … 7 $0.70 Add
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Introducing Agroecology and Food Systems Transitions

From: Growing and Eating Sustainably

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This chapter outlines the critical food supply issues associated with Covid-19 that made headlines daily across the globe and highlighted the vulnerabilities of the modern food system. The … 12 $1.20 Add
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Introduction

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

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In the Introduction Karon Liu describes his goal to map the dumplings of Toronto, highlighting culinary diversity in the multiethnic make up of the city, migration, tradition, Covid-19 and  … 6 $0.60 Add