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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823624903321

Autore

Chase Lisa

Titolo

Food, farms, and community : exploring food systems / / Lisa Chase & Vern Grubinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, New Hampshire : , : University of New Hampshire Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-61168-687-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Disciplina

338.1/9

Soggetti

Food supply

Food security

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to food systems -- Local food systems -- The business of food and farming -- Values in food systems -- The agricultural workforce -- Farming and the environment -- Climate change and agriculture -- Energy, food, and farms -- Access to healthy food -- Farm to school -- Agritourism and on-farm marketing -- Food safety from farm to fork -- The next generation of farmers -- Maintaining farms and farmland for the future -- Improving food systems.

Sommario/riassunto

How food systems reflect our values and contribute to our economy, environment, and culture