In the second half of the nineteenth century, ways of thinking about food changed as chemists and physiologists identified nutrients and bodily needs and as urbanization, industrialization, and colonial encounters challenged traditional dietary customs and assumptions. Emerging …
Nutritional knowledge between the lab and the field : the search for dietary norms in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries / Elizabeth Neswald -- How vegetarians, naturopaths, scientists, and physicians unmade the protein standard in modern Germany / Corinna Treitel…
"In the second half of the nineteenth century, ways of thinking about food changed as chemists and physiologists identified nutrients and bodily needs and as urbanization, industrialization, and colonial encounters challenged traditional dietary customs and assumptions. Emerging…
Suzanne Junod's essay "Proscribing Deception": The Gould Net Weight Amendment and the Origins of Mandatory Nutrition Labeling" is the winner of the 2017 Charles Thomson Prize of the Society for the History of the Federal Government. In the second half of the nineteenth century, …
"Who cares about foie gras? As it turns out, many do. In the last decade, this French delicacy--the fattened liver of ducks or geese that have been force-fed through a tube--has been at the center of contentious battles between animal rights activists, artisanal farmers, industr…
"Who cares about foie gras? As it turns out, many do. In the last decade, this French delicacy--the fattened liver of ducks or geese that have been force-fed through a tube--has been at the center of contentious battles between animal rights activists, artisanal farmers, industr…
Who cares about foie gras? As it turns out, many do. In the last decade, this French delicacy--the fattened liver of ducks or geese that have been force-fed through a tube--has been at the center of contentious battles between animal rights activists, artisanal farmers, industry…
Food fraud and defense -- Codex alimentarius -- Agroecology -- Agriculture, freedom of speech, and the birth of ag-gag -- Foodborne disease outbreak investigation -- Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic on the United States food system -- Hawaii : jackfruit -- European U…
"This book brings together an international group of agriculture and food lawyers and scientists to define the field of food system transparency in three parts: the big picture, food safety and health, and the global view. Each part adds to the whole but zooms in through a uniqu…
"This book brings together an international group of agriculture and food lawyers and scientists to define the field of Food System Transparency in three parts: the big picture, food safety and health, and the global view. Each part adds to the whole but zooms in through a uniqu…
The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of the key issues for negotiation at the Qatar Ministerial meeting and well beyond. Resolving these issues is a precondition for the launching of a new round of multilateral trade negotiations -- something considered critical by…
