Food Security
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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Anti-TerrorismSecurity and Insecurity after 9/11 |
This edited collection critically analyzes the concept of “terrorism,” the Canadian and American government responses to terrorist activity since the events of 9/11 and the problem of … | Sandra Rollings-Magnusson | 221 | 2009 | View |
Food SovereigntyReconnecting Food, Nature and Community |
Advocating a practical, radical change to the way much of our food system currently operates, this book argues that food sovereignty is the means to achieving a system that will provide for the … | Annette Aurelie Desmarais; Hannah Wittman | 224 | 2010 | View |
In Defense of Small ProducersThe Story of CLAC |
In an international geopolitical panorama where Northern countries are increasingly in crisis and where the most interesting alternatives to sustainable development are coming from the South, the … | Marco Coscione | 237 | 2014 | View |
Resilient AgricultureCultivating Food Systems for A Changing Climate |
Climate change presents an unprecedented challenge to the productivity and profitability of agriculture in North America. More variable weather, drought and flooding create the most obvious … | Laura Lengnick | 370 | 2015 | View |
NEW! Resilient Agriculture, 2nd EditionCultivating Food Systems for A Changing Climate |
Real world stories from the frontlines of climate change, resilience, and the future of food. CLIMATE CHANGE PRESENTS an unprecedented challenge to food and farming in the U.S. and beyond. … | Laura Lengnick | 368 | 2022 | View |
Speculative Harvests Agrarian Change & Peasant StudiesFinancialization, Food, and Agriculture |
In Speculative Harvests, Clapp and Isakson investigate the evolving relationship between the agrifood and financial sectors, paying particular attention to how the contemporary process of … | Jennifer Clapp; S. Ryan Isakson | 196 | 2018 | View |
NEW! Tiny Engines of AbundanceA History of Peasant Productivity and Repression |
This book provides a historical and comparative perspective of peasant productivity using case studies portraying the extraordinary efficiency with which English cottagers, Jamaican ex-slaves, … | Jim Handy | 157 | 2022 | View |
From NEW! “Swept Away through Injustice” |
Chapter 1 introduces the premise of the book, which is to reexamine the idea of progress that we tie to the evolution of industrial agriculture over the last 200 years. Examination of this period … | Jim Handy | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
From A Movement in Constant Motion… |
Marco Coscione | 5 | 2014 | $0.65 Add | |
From Security, Insecurity, and Human RightsContexualizing Post - 9/11 From: Anti-Terrorism |
Alexandra Dobrowolsky; Sandra Rollings-Magnusson | 19 | 2009 | $2.28 Add | |
From Sustaining Agriculture in a Changing ClimateFrom: Resilient Agriculture |
This chapter provides a brief history of agricultural practices and outlines the different crops and livestock that are cultivated in different environments. The chapter goes on to discuss how … | Laura Lengnick | 40 | 2015 | $4.00 Add |
From The Origins & Potential of Food SovereigntyFrom: Food Sovereignty |
Annette Aurelie Desmarais; Hannah Wittman | 14 | 2010 | $1.54 Add | |
From NEW! Waking Up to Climate ChangePART 1 |
The author talks about climate change, her own experiences and activities in the world of climate action and lessons she’s learned, resilience thinking, and hope. She also introduces the … | Laura Lengnick | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
From What is the Link Between Food and Finance?From: Speculative Harvests Agrarian Change & Peasant Studies |
Jennifer Clapp; S. Ryan Isakson | 28 | 2018 | $2.80 Add | |
From NEW! “A Multiplication of Wretchedness” in England, 1750–1850 |
Chapter 2 examines England and Wales from the late 1700s and early 1800s, in the midst of what has often been called an agriculture revolution. This chapter argues that appreciation for the … | Jim Handy | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |
From NEW! Climate Change is Changing the WeatherPART 1 |
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 … | Laura Lengnick | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |