Balancing on a planet : the future of food and agriculture / / David A. Cleveland |
Autore | Cleveland David Arthur |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California ; ; Los Angeles, California ; ; London, England : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (349 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.1 |
Collana | California Studies in Food and Culture |
Soggetto topico |
Food industry and trade
Agricultural industries - Environmental aspects Sustainable agriculture - Economic aspects Food supply |
Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
agrifood system breeders cooking country life engaging environmental impact farm life farms and farmers food and ag food lovers food studies food writing food gastronomy global agrifood interdisciplinary primer natural settings politics rural scientific agriculture sociocultural roots technology engineering thorough analysis traditional agriculture |
ISBN |
0-520-27742-2
0-520-95708-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface: A Personal History -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Eating Stardust: Population, Food, and Agriculture on Planet Earth -- 2. Agricultural Revolutions -- 3. Thinking Critically about Sustainable Agrifood Systems -- 4. Sustainable Agrifood Systems: Three Emphases -- 5. Managing Evolution: Plant Breeding and Biotechnology -- 6. Managing Agricultural Ecosystems: The Critical Role of Diversity -- 7. Managing People: The Common Property Option -- 8. The Big Solutions: Climate Change, Resource Cycles, and Diet -- 9. The Big Solutions: Localizing Agrifood Systems -- Appendix 1. Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Symbols -- Appendix 2. Metric Units and Metric-English Unit Conversions -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790823603321 |
Cleveland David Arthur | ||
Berkeley, California ; ; Los Angeles, California ; ; London, England : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Balancing on a planet : the future of food and agriculture / / David A. Cleveland |
Autore | Cleveland David Arthur |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California ; ; Los Angeles, California ; ; London, England : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (349 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.1 |
Collana | California Studies in Food and Culture |
Soggetto topico |
Food industry and trade
Agricultural industries - Environmental aspects Sustainable agriculture - Economic aspects Food supply |
Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
agrifood system breeders cooking country life engaging environmental impact farm life farms and farmers food and ag food lovers food studies food writing food gastronomy global agrifood interdisciplinary primer natural settings politics rural scientific agriculture sociocultural roots technology engineering thorough analysis traditional agriculture |
ISBN |
0-520-27742-2
0-520-95708-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface: A Personal History -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Eating Stardust: Population, Food, and Agriculture on Planet Earth -- 2. Agricultural Revolutions -- 3. Thinking Critically about Sustainable Agrifood Systems -- 4. Sustainable Agrifood Systems: Three Emphases -- 5. Managing Evolution: Plant Breeding and Biotechnology -- 6. Managing Agricultural Ecosystems: The Critical Role of Diversity -- 7. Managing People: The Common Property Option -- 8. The Big Solutions: Climate Change, Resource Cycles, and Diet -- 9. The Big Solutions: Localizing Agrifood Systems -- Appendix 1. Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Symbols -- Appendix 2. Metric Units and Metric-English Unit Conversions -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828346703321 |
Cleveland David Arthur | ||
Berkeley, California ; ; Los Angeles, California ; ; London, England : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Labor and the locavore : the making of a comprehensive food ethic / / Margaret Gray |
Autore | Gray Margaret <1968-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 225 pages) : illustrations, map |
Disciplina | 331.2/97473 |
Soggetto topico |
Agricultural laborers - Abuse of - Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
Agricultural laborers - Employment - Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) Labor policy - Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) |
Soggetto non controllato |
agrarian values
agriculture cooking culinary culture environmental protection ethnic shift farm life farmers and farming farmers farms and farmers food and ag food studies food sustainability food systems food writing hidden workforce historical development historical roots human trafficking labor industrial relations labor latino workers local food local political ecology small farms social justice sustainable agriculture sustainable food sustenance workers working class working conditions |
ISBN |
0-520-27669-8
0-520-95706-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Is Local Food an Ethical Alternative? -- 1. Agrarianism and Hudson Valley Agriculture -- 2. The Workers: Labor Conditions, Paternalism, and Immigrant Stories -- 3. The Farmers: Challenges of the Small Business -- 4. Sustainable Jobs? Ethnic Succession and the New Latinos -- 5. Toward a Comprehensive Food Ethic -- Methodological Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790539603321 |
Gray Margaret <1968-> | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Labor and the locavore : the making of a comprehensive food ethic / / Margaret Gray |
Autore | Gray Margaret <1968-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 225 pages) : illustrations, map |
Disciplina | 331.2/97473 |
Soggetto topico |
Agricultural laborers - Abuse of - Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
Agricultural laborers - Employment - Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) Labor policy - Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) |
Soggetto non controllato |
agrarian values
agriculture cooking culinary culture environmental protection ethnic shift farm life farmers and farming farmers farms and farmers food and ag food studies food sustainability food systems food writing hidden workforce historical development historical roots human trafficking labor industrial relations labor latino workers local food local political ecology small farms social justice sustainable agriculture sustainable food sustenance workers working class working conditions |
ISBN |
0-520-27669-8
0-520-95706-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Is Local Food an Ethical Alternative? -- 1. Agrarianism and Hudson Valley Agriculture -- 2. The Workers: Labor Conditions, Paternalism, and Immigrant Stories -- 3. The Farmers: Challenges of the Small Business -- 4. Sustainable Jobs? Ethnic Succession and the New Latinos -- 5. Toward a Comprehensive Food Ethic -- Methodological Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813094503321 |
Gray Margaret <1968-> | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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