Food Studies & Nutrition

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Dumplingware: The Allure of Porcelain
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Dumplingware: The Allure of Porcelain

The Sauce

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

Marie Campbell discusses the history of chinaware, the silk road, porcelain and its ties to status, food history, and material culture. 5 $0.50 Add
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"Each Year I Feel Better" – Christopher Brown and Growing Veterans

"Each Year I Feel Better" – Christopher Brown and Growing Veterans

From: 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 recalls the … 13 $1.30 Add
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Early Child Development, Food Security and Housing

Early Child Development, Food Security and Housing

From: About Canada: Health & Illness 2nd Edition

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"Eat 'em to Beat 'em"

"Eat ’em to Beat ’em"

From: Overrun

This chapter explores the possibility of controlling invasive species by using them as a food source. Topics include the process of food production and the communication and marketing efforts … 26 $2.60 Add
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Eating

Eating

From: Curry

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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Echoes Across the Lake

Echoes Across the Lake

From: Changing Tides

This chapter depicts Frid’s experiences at the hunting and spiritual camp of the Tsilhqot’in First Nations at Teztan Biny (Fish Lake). Through it, Frid further develops on the themes … 11 $1.10 Add
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"Ecology's Helper"

"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 … 33 $3.30 Add
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eDNA Rising

eDNA Rising

From: 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 … 27 $2.70 Add
Emergent Agriculture

Emergent Agriculture

Farming, Sustainability and the Return of the Local Economy

Long embraced by corporations who are driven only by the desire for profit, industrial agriculture wastes precious resources and spews millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere … 195 View
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Encephalobiotics Turn the Mind

Encephalobiotics Turn the Mind

From: Secret Life of Your Microbiome

In this chapter, we more closely examine specific microbial and nutritional interventions, and the prospect that we might regain health by correcting dysbiosis and manipulating microbes. The … ; 35 $3.50 Add
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Energy and the Future of Farming

Energy and the Future of Farming

From: Emergent Agriculture

We can and should energize our modern food production system with solar and other renewable energy sources, as has been done for most of the past 10,000 years. To be sure, the sun will always … 12 $1.20 Add
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Enter the Co-op

Enter the Co-op

From: Grocery Story

In this chapter the author describes the history of co-ops from 1761 in Scotland to the revival of community-owned grocery stores in the 1980s. The structure and types of co-ops, their … 13 $1.30 Add
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Envisioning the Future of Agroecological Food Systems

Envisioning the Future of Agroecological Food Systems

From: Growing and Eating Sustainably

In this chapter the authors summarize that agroecological agriculture must also be based on equity, participation, democracy, and justice, that is not only sustainable but helps restore and … 18 $1.80 Add
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Epilogue

Epilogue

Where Do We Go from Here?

From: Grocery Story

The author asserts that capitalist economies do not serve the food needs of entire nations, and that the co-operative model is the means through which public spaces like the food supply can … 3 $0.30 Add