Critical Food Issues
Problems and State-of-the-Art Solutions Worldwide [2 Volumes]
1st Edition
Published on 3. September 2009
584 pages
978-0-313-35445-8 (ISBN)
Description
This authoritative, research-based collection examines urgent threats to future global food security and evaluates current and potential solutions.
Critical Food Issues: Problems and State-of-the-Art Solutions Worldwide examines 31 crucial areas of concern, from soil degradation, depletion of water for irrigation, and loss of biodiversity to declining rural livelihoods, hunger and obesity, unjust farm labor practices, and farm animal mistreatment.
Critical Food Issues divides its coverage into two exhaustive volumes, one on bioenvironmental topics and one with a sociocultural focus. Throughout, highly accomplished experts from a variety of academic backgrounds review the current state of research on specific problems, then identify strategies for confronting those problems that balance sustainable agrifood systems with environmental stewardship, healthy people, and equitable communities. At a time of increasing public outcries over the quality of food and the impact of agrifood production on long-term environmental and human well-being, Critical Food Issues offers an authoritative and comprehensive basis on which producers, consumers, and citizens can make more informed decisions about the future of food.
Critical Food Issues: Problems and State-of-the-Art Solutions Worldwide examines 31 crucial areas of concern, from soil degradation, depletion of water for irrigation, and loss of biodiversity to declining rural livelihoods, hunger and obesity, unjust farm labor practices, and farm animal mistreatment.
Critical Food Issues divides its coverage into two exhaustive volumes, one on bioenvironmental topics and one with a sociocultural focus. Throughout, highly accomplished experts from a variety of academic backgrounds review the current state of research on specific problems, then identify strategies for confronting those problems that balance sustainable agrifood systems with environmental stewardship, healthy people, and equitable communities. At a time of increasing public outcries over the quality of food and the impact of agrifood production on long-term environmental and human well-being, Critical Food Issues offers an authoritative and comprehensive basis on which producers, consumers, and citizens can make more informed decisions about the future of food.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
ISBN-13
978-0-313-35445-8 (9780313354458)
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Laurel Phoenix | Lynn Walter
Critical Food Issues [2 volumes]
Problems and State-of-the-Art Solutions Worldwide
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09/2009
Praeger Publishers Inc
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Lynn Walter is co-director of the Center for Food in Community and Culture, Chair of Anthropology, and Rosenberg Professor of Social Change and Development at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, WI, where she also teaches women's and gender studies.
Laurel E. Phoenix is associate professor of public and environmental affairs and chair of the Geography Department at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, WI.
Laurel E. Phoenix is associate professor of public and environmental affairs and chair of the Geography Department at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, WI.
Content
- Cover
- Volume 1: Environment, Agriculture, and Health Concerns
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction to Volume 1
- Abbreviations
- PART I. ENVIRONMENT
- 1. Water and Land-Use Policies in the United States
- 2. Soil Degradation and Soil Conservation
- 3. Integrated Pest Management, Sustainability, and Risk: Linking Principles, Policy, and Practice
- 4. Agrobiodiversity
- 5. Energy Conservation in Agriculture and Food Transport
- PART II. AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES
- 6. Sustainable Agricultural Practices in the United States and Other Postindustrial Countries
- 7. Sustainable Agricultural Development in Developing Countries
- 8. Urban Agriculture
- 9. Achieving Sustainable Fisheries: All Hands On Deck!
- PART III. HEALTH
- 10. Food Security and Food Insecurity in the United States and Their Consequences for Child Health
- 11. Food Security in Developing Countries
- 12. The Effect of Agricultural Practices on Nutrient Profiles of Foods
- 13. School Lunch and Breakfast Programs
- 14. Disordered Eating and Body Image 213
- 15. Obesity
- About the Editor and Contributors
- Index
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- Volume 2: Society, Culture, and Ethics
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction to Volume 2
- Abbreviations
- PART I. SOCIETY
- 1. Roots and Roles of Alternative Agrifood Systems
- 2. Alternative Food Market Governance: Current Research and Unanswered Questions
- 3. Farmwork and the Labor of Meatpacking and Poultry Processing: Another Way of Working Is Possible
- 4. Equity in Access to Land, Human Rights, and Capital: Food Security Movements from the Global South
- 5. Food and Democracy
- 6. Consumers as Political Actors
- 7. Choosing Quality: The Knowledge-Intensification Shift
- PART II. CULTURE
- 8. Sustaining Regional Food Systems and Healthy Rural Livelihoods
- 9. Social Movements: Slow Places, Fast Movements, and the Making of Contemporary Rurality
- 10. Gender, Generations, and Commensality: Nurturing Home and the Commons
- 11. Cultural Differences in Food Preferences
- 12. Images of Sustenance in Contemporary Literature
- 13. Indigenous Knowledge Systems
- PART III. ETHICS
- 14. Food Security: Three Conceptions of Access-Charity, Rights, and Coresponsibility
- 15. Animal Welfare
- 16. Stewardship of the Land
- About the Editor and Contributors
- Index
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