Food Studies & Nutrition
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From "Ecology’s Helper"From: Overrun |
In this chapter, the author explores the spread of the Asian carp through the rivers of the Arkansas delta region. Topics discussed in this chapter also include the Green Revolution of the 1970s … | Andrew Reeves | 33 | 2019 | $3.30 Add |
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 |
From NEW! Around the WorldThe Wrapper |
Michael Stein reflects on his “dumplings around the world” feast to honour his late friend Julie-Rae, friendship, religion, and the food as Shivas. | Michal Stein | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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 |
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 |
From ColonialismHow Unfair Trade Changed the World From: The Fair Trade Handbook |
This chapter provides a short history of colonialism, and describes how the economic benefits of colonialism flowed from the colonized to the colonizers, especially through a process of resource … | A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
From NEW! Community Food CentresGetting Started at The Stop From: Take Back the Tray |
- | Joshna Maharaj | 37 | 2020 | $3.70 Add |
From Connections Between Nature and HealingFrom: 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 explores the ways … | Stephanie Westlund | 25 | 2014 | $2.50 Add |
From Food Prices and the People Who Grow Our FoodFrom: Grocery Story |
This chapter describes food prices and the effect on the people who grow our food. How is the price of food determined and how does it impact every other link in the food chain? How does market … | John Steinman | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
From Fresh CitiesFrom: A Matter of Taste |
In this chapter, Tucker discusses farmers markets and chain grocery stores in a larger discussion of how the price of food dictates moral and ethical choices. This continues into understanding … | Rebecca Tucker | 27 | 2018 | $2.70 Add |
From From Coffee to Chocolate and BeyondThe Founders From: In Pursuit of Justice |
- | Errol Sharpe; Stacey Byrne | 24 | 2014 | $2.40 Add |
From GerminationPart II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada From: Good Crop / Bad Crop |
Chapter 3 explores the germination process, discussing the history of agricultural practice in Canada from pre-colonization, the adoption of Indigenous crops by white settlers, agricultural … | Devlin Kuyek | 3 | 2007 | $0.30 Add |
From Getting to Food SovereigntyGrassroots Perspectives from the National Farmers Union Interviews with Terry Boehm and Hilary Moore, conducted by Naomi Beingessner |
- | Hilary Moore; Terry Boehm | 16 | 2010 | $2.24 Add |
From Global EconomyFrom: Getting to Zero |
Analyzes the impact of neo-liberalism, globalization, and free trade on global warming. Presents an analysis of corporate power as the key obstacle to meaningful climate action by governments and … | Tony Clarke | 28 | 2018 | $2.80 Add |
From NEW! Growing Up Rural |
Topics covered in this chapter include: households, the generational division of labour, education, pluriactivity, and plurilocality. | Ben White | 24 | 2020 | $2.40 Add |
From History and Currents of Agroecology ThoughtFrom: Agroecology |
- | Miguel A. Altieri; Peter M. Rosset | 27 | 2017 | $2.70 Add |