Food Security
From Excess to Enough
Published on 12. October 2019
160 pages
978-1-4597-4404-2 (ISBN)
Description
- Author has a Ph.D. in Plant Science from McGill University
- Author is a professor at the University of Guelph and also taught at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College
- Author was the Loblaw Chair in Sustainable Food Production from 2011 to 2016
- Book looks at mainstream agriculture in Canada and the detrimental effect it has on the environment and its future implications
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Dundurn Group Ltd
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Ralph C. Martin is a professor of plant agriculture at the University of Guelph, where he also served as the Loblaw Chair in Sustainable Food Production from 2011 to 2016. In 2001, he founded the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada. Ralph lives
in Guelph, Ontario.
Content
Foreword
Introduction: More than Enough
1 Indigenous Food Systems as Millennial Models
2 Apparent Choice and Declining Freedom
3 Pushing Production to Address Population Growth
4 Balancing Production and Consumption
5 Food and Health
6 Wasted Food and Attendant Losses
7 Food for People, Feed for Livestock
8 Optimizing Energy and Nitrogen Use
9 Wonky Weather and Protean Production
10 The Foundation of Building Soil for Farming
11 Recovering Diversity
12 Quintessence
Conclusion: Respect and Gratitude for Enough Food
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Introduction: More than Enough
1 Indigenous Food Systems as Millennial Models
2 Apparent Choice and Declining Freedom
3 Pushing Production to Address Population Growth
4 Balancing Production and Consumption
5 Food and Health
6 Wasted Food and Attendant Losses
7 Food for People, Feed for Livestock
8 Optimizing Energy and Nitrogen Use
9 Wonky Weather and Protean Production
10 The Foundation of Building Soil for Farming
11 Recovering Diversity
12 Quintessence
Conclusion: Respect and Gratitude for Enough Food
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
