Agroecology in action : extending alternative agriculture through social networks / / Keith Douglass Warner |
Autore | Warner Keith |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT, ©2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (292 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.5/50973 |
Collana | Food, health, and the environment |
Soggetto topico |
Agricultural ecology - United States
Agricultural innovations - United States Alternative agriculture - United States Agricultural ecology Agricultural innovations Alternative agriculture |
Soggetto non controllato |
ENVIRONMENT/General
ENVIRONMENT/Food Studies |
ISBN |
1-282-09815-2
9786612098154 0-262-28581-9 1-4294-5539-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777797303321 |
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Agroecology in action : extending alternative agriculture through social networks / / Keith Douglass Warner |
Autore | Warner Keith |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT, ©2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (292 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.5/50973 |
Collana | Food, health, and the environment |
Soggetto topico |
Agricultural ecology - United States
Agricultural innovations - United States Alternative agriculture - United States Agricultural ecology Agricultural innovations Alternative agriculture |
Soggetto non controllato |
ENVIRONMENT/General
ENVIRONMENT/Food Studies |
ISBN |
1-282-09815-2
9786612098154 0-262-28581-9 1-4294-5539-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817226503321 |
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America's food : what you don't know about what you eat / / Harvey Blatt |
Autore | Blatt Harvey |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.19/20973 |
Soggetto topico |
Food industry and trade - Health aspects - United States
Agriculture - Environmental aspects - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
ENVIRONMENT/General
ENVIRONMENT/Food Studies |
ISBN |
0-262-26865-5
1-4356-6797-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Old Mcdonald has no farm: he dies, she dies, sold -- Soil character and plant growth: nature's magic -- Grain farming: the basic crop -- Organic food: as nature intended -- Genetically modified food: food fights among adults -- Chicken, eggs, turkey, and duck: fowl weather -- Cattle, milk, swine, and sheep: raising cholesterol -- Seafood: the killing fields -- Fruits and vegetables: plants to cherish -- Food processing: what is this stuff we're eating -- Eating poorly and too much: poor health and body bloat. |
Altri titoli varianti | What you don't know about what you eat |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782114403321 |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008 | ||
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America's food : what you don't know about what you eat / / Harvey Blatt |
Autore | Blatt Harvey |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.19/20973 |
Soggetto topico |
Food industry and trade - Health aspects - United States
Agriculture - Environmental aspects - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
ENVIRONMENT/General
ENVIRONMENT/Food Studies |
ISBN |
0-262-26865-5
1-4356-6797-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Old Mcdonald has no farm: he dies, she dies, sold -- Soil character and plant growth: nature's magic -- Grain farming: the basic crop -- Organic food: as nature intended -- Genetically modified food: food fights among adults -- Chicken, eggs, turkey, and duck: fowl weather -- Cattle, milk, swine, and sheep: raising cholesterol -- Seafood: the killing fields -- Fruits and vegetables: plants to cherish -- Food processing: what is this stuff we're eating -- Eating poorly and too much: poor health and body bloat. |
Altri titoli varianti | What you don't know about what you eat |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822161703321 |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008 | ||
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California cuisine and just food / / Sally K. Fairfax [and others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (373 p.) |
Disciplina | 394.1/2 |
Collana | Food, health, and the environment |
Soggetto topico |
Food habits - California - San Francisco Bay Area
Food preferences - California - San Francisco Bay Area Gastronomy - California - San Francisco Bay Area Food industry and trade - California - San Francisco Bay Area Sustainable agriculture - California - San Francisco Bay Area |
Soggetto non controllato |
ENVIRONMENT/General
ENVIRONMENT/Food Studies |
ISBN |
1-283-62982-8
0-262-30585-2 9786613942272 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Food, Health, and the Environment Series; Contents; Series Foreword; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Celebrating a Community?; Part I Making A Place for Just Food; Chapter 2 Framing Alternative Food; Chapter 3 California Agriculture and Conventional Food; Chapter 4 The Discontents; Part II Waves of Innovation in the Bay Area Alternative Food Community; Chapter 5 A Civic Culture of Parks, Planning, and Land Protection; Chapter 6 Radical Regional Cuisine; Chapter 7 Maturing the District; Chapter 8 Food Democracy and Innovation
Chapter 9 Conclusion: The District and the Future of Alternative FoodNotes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464542103321 |
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2012 | ||
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California cuisine and just food / / Sally K. Fairfax [and others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (373 p.) |
Disciplina | 394.1/2 |
Collana | Food, health, and the environment |
Soggetto topico |
Food habits - California - San Francisco Bay Area
Food preferences - California - San Francisco Bay Area Gastronomy - California - San Francisco Bay Area Food industry and trade - California - San Francisco Bay Area Sustainable agriculture - California - San Francisco Bay Area |
Soggetto non controllato |
ENVIRONMENT/General
ENVIRONMENT/Food Studies |
ISBN |
1-283-62982-8
0-262-30585-2 9786613942272 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Food, Health, and the Environment Series; Contents; Series Foreword; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Celebrating a Community?; Part I Making A Place for Just Food; Chapter 2 Framing Alternative Food; Chapter 3 California Agriculture and Conventional Food; Chapter 4 The Discontents; Part II Waves of Innovation in the Bay Area Alternative Food Community; Chapter 5 A Civic Culture of Parks, Planning, and Land Protection; Chapter 6 Radical Regional Cuisine; Chapter 7 Maturing the District; Chapter 8 Food Democracy and Innovation
Chapter 9 Conclusion: The District and the Future of Alternative FoodNotes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788533103321 |
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2012 | ||
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California cuisine and just food / / Sally K. Fairfax [and others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (373 p.) |
Disciplina | 394.1/2 |
Collana | Food, health, and the environment |
Soggetto topico |
Food habits - California - San Francisco Bay Area
Food preferences - California - San Francisco Bay Area Gastronomy - California - San Francisco Bay Area Food industry and trade - California - San Francisco Bay Area Sustainable agriculture - California - San Francisco Bay Area |
Soggetto non controllato |
ENVIRONMENT/General
ENVIRONMENT/Food Studies |
ISBN |
1-283-62982-8
0-262-30585-2 9786613942272 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Food, Health, and the Environment Series; Contents; Series Foreword; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Celebrating a Community?; Part I Making A Place for Just Food; Chapter 2 Framing Alternative Food; Chapter 3 California Agriculture and Conventional Food; Chapter 4 The Discontents; Part II Waves of Innovation in the Bay Area Alternative Food Community; Chapter 5 A Civic Culture of Parks, Planning, and Land Protection; Chapter 6 Radical Regional Cuisine; Chapter 7 Maturing the District; Chapter 8 Food Democracy and Innovation
Chapter 9 Conclusion: The District and the Future of Alternative FoodNotes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827798703321 |
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2012 | ||
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Confronting the coffee crisis : fair trade, sustainable livelihoods and ecosystems in Mexico and Central America / / edited by Christopher M. Bacon [and others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (405 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.1/73730972 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BaconChristopher M |
Collana | Food, health, and the environment |
Soggetto topico |
Coffee industry - Mexico
Coffee industry - Central America |
Soggetto non controllato |
ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy
ENVIRONMENT/Food Studies |
ISBN |
0-262-30934-3
1-282-09931-0 9786612099311 0-262-26752-7 1-4356-2797-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; I Context and Analytical Framework; 1 The International Coffee Crisis: A Review of the Issues; 2 Agroecological Foundations for Designing Sustainable Coffee Agroecosystems; 3 The Roots of the Coffee Crisis; II Ecological and Social Dimensions of Producers' Responses; 4 Coffee-Production Strategies in a Changing Rural Landscape: A Case Study in Central Veracruz, Mexico; 5 The Benefits and Sustainability of Organic Farming by Peasant Coffee Farmers in Chiapas, Mexico
6 A Grower Typology Approach to Assessing the Environmental Impact of Coffee Farming in Veracruz, Mexico7 Confronting the Coffee Crisis: Can Fair Trade, Organic, and Specialty Coffees Reduce the Vulnerability of Small-Scale Farmers in Northern Nicaragua?; 8 Coffee Agroforestry in the Aftermath of Modernization: Diversified Production and Livelihood Strategies in Post-Reform Nicaragua; 9 Farmers' Livelihoods and Biodiversity Conservation in a Coffee Landscape of El Salvador; III Alternative South-North Networks and Markets 10 Social Dimensions of Organic Coffee Production in Mexico: Lessons for Eco-Labeling Initiatives11 Serve and Certify: Paradoxes of Service Work in Organic Coffee Certification; 12 Organic and Social Certifications: Recent Developments from the Global Regulators; 13 From Differentiated Coffee Markets toward Alternative Trade and Knowledge Networks; 14 Cultivating Sustainable Coffee: Persistent Paradoxes; About the Contributors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778334503321 |
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008 | ||
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Confronting the coffee crisis : fair trade, sustainable livelihoods and ecosystems in Mexico and Central America / / edited by Christopher M. Bacon [and others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (405 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.1/73730972 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BaconChristopher M |
Collana | Food, health, and the environment |
Soggetto topico |
Coffee industry - Mexico
Coffee industry - Central America |
Soggetto non controllato |
ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy
ENVIRONMENT/Food Studies |
ISBN |
0-262-30934-3
1-282-09931-0 9786612099311 0-262-26752-7 1-4356-2797-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; I Context and Analytical Framework; 1 The International Coffee Crisis: A Review of the Issues; 2 Agroecological Foundations for Designing Sustainable Coffee Agroecosystems; 3 The Roots of the Coffee Crisis; II Ecological and Social Dimensions of Producers' Responses; 4 Coffee-Production Strategies in a Changing Rural Landscape: A Case Study in Central Veracruz, Mexico; 5 The Benefits and Sustainability of Organic Farming by Peasant Coffee Farmers in Chiapas, Mexico
6 A Grower Typology Approach to Assessing the Environmental Impact of Coffee Farming in Veracruz, Mexico7 Confronting the Coffee Crisis: Can Fair Trade, Organic, and Specialty Coffees Reduce the Vulnerability of Small-Scale Farmers in Northern Nicaragua?; 8 Coffee Agroforestry in the Aftermath of Modernization: Diversified Production and Livelihood Strategies in Post-Reform Nicaragua; 9 Farmers' Livelihoods and Biodiversity Conservation in a Coffee Landscape of El Salvador; III Alternative South-North Networks and Markets 10 Social Dimensions of Organic Coffee Production in Mexico: Lessons for Eco-Labeling Initiatives11 Serve and Certify: Paradoxes of Service Work in Organic Coffee Certification; 12 Organic and Social Certifications: Recent Developments from the Global Regulators; 13 From Differentiated Coffee Markets toward Alternative Trade and Knowledge Networks; 14 Cultivating Sustainable Coffee: Persistent Paradoxes; About the Contributors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814767003321 |
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008 | ||
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Corporate power in global agrifood governance / / edited by Jennifer Clapp and Doris Fuchs |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
Disciplina | 382/.41 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ClappJennifer <1963->
FuchsDoris A |
Collana | Food, health, and the environment |
Soggetto topico |
Farm produce - Marketing
Agricultural industries International business enterprises Globalization |
Soggetto non controllato |
ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy
ENVIRONMENT/Food Studies |
ISBN |
0-262-30971-8
9786612240126 1-282-24012-9 0-262-25550-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Series Foreword; Contributors; List of Acronyms; 1 Agrifood Corporations, Global Governance, and Sustainability; I Corporate Power in International Retail and Trade Governance; 2 Retail Power, Private Standards, and Sustainability in the Global Food System; 3 Certification Standards and the Governance of Green Foods in Southeast Asia; 4 In Whose Interests?; 5 Corporate Interests in US Food Aid Policy; II Corporations and Governance of Genetically Modified Organisms; 6 Feeding the World?; 7 Corporations, Seeds, and Intellectual Property Rights Governance
8 The Troubled Birth of the "Biotech Century"9 Technology, Food, Power; 10 Corporate Power and Global Agrifood Governance; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778058403321 |
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 | ||
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