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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789366503321

Autore

Pray Leslie A.

Titolo

Exploring health and environmental costs of food : workshop summary / / Leslie Pray, Laura Pillsbury, and Maria Oria, Rapporteurs ; Food and Nutrition Board, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

0-309-26583-5

0-309-26581-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (116 p.)

Disciplina

641.013

Soggetti

Food supply - Economic aspects - United States

Food - Costs

Food prices - United States

Ecology - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Economics of Food Prices""; ""3 Understanding Measures and Strategies""; ""4 Examining Social and Ecological Costs and Benefits""; ""5 Attaching Value to Costs and Benefits""; ""6 Exploring Costs and Benefits""; ""7 Reflecting on the Path Forward""; ""Appendix A: Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix B: Speaker Biographical Sketches""; ""Appendix C: Workshop Attendees""; ""Appendix D: Abbreviations and Acronyms""