Environmental Nutrition: Connecting Health and Nutrition with Environmentally Sustainable Diets explores the connection between diet, environmental sustainability and human health. Current food systems are a major contributor to our most pressing health and environmental issues,…
Environmental Nutrition: Connecting Health and Nutrition with Environmentally Sustainable Diets explores the interrelatedness of diet, environmental sustainability, and human health, as well as potential solutions to these global challenges--back cover. Environmental Nutrition:…
"An in-depth review of the innovative methods and technologies for reducing food waste and increasing the health-enhancing benefits of reconstituted by-products. The environmental and economic impacts of food wastage are of increasing concern in the functional food sector--appro…
Is it possible to feed those who now are hungry in the world in addition to the billions of people who will be born by the end of the century? Or are we headed for an inevitable Malthusian catastrophe because the task is impossible? What can developing countries do to increase a…
Food security and technology : fear Trumps hope? -- Expertise and opportunism : who should we listen to? -- The technology promise : how can we feed a world of more than 9 billion? -- The politicization of risk : is it safe? -- Industrial agriculture : who is the real winner? --…
"Myths about biotechnology have prevented it from helping improve food security in the developing world. This book explores the myths and the reality under the following headings: The Sustainability Challenge: Is science leading to a chemical Armageddon? Plant Vitality: Will 'su…
This book explores the myths and the reality about GM agriculture and its role in improving food security. The goal of the authors is to use this book to reconfigure the underlying architecture of public consideration of science, technology and commerce in the global food system…
Austerity in Britain provides an analysis of the entire period of rationing from 1939 to 1955. The author shows how unfairness, especially towards women, finally lost the Labour government the general election in 1951.
This book assesses the potential of insects as food and feed and gathers existing information and research on edible insects. The assessment is based on the most recent and complete data available from various sources and experts around the world.
Two entomologists and a chef make the case for insects as a sustainable source of protein for humans and a necessary part of our future diet. They provide consumers and chefs with the essential facts about insects for culinary use, with recipes simple enough to make at home, and…
