Fearing food: risk, health and environment
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Environmental and consumer activists have for a long time blamed pesticides, fertilizers and other aspects of intensive farming for causing environmental degradation and human disease. Yet, as the authors in this book show, intensive farming has enabled growth in food production…
Environmental and consumer activists have for a long time blamed pesticides, fertilizers and other aspects of intensive farming for causing environmental degradation and human disease. Yet, as the authors in this book show, intensive farming has enabled growth in food production…
"Farmers' markets, veggie boxes, local foods, organic products and Fair Trade goods - how have these once novel, "alternative" foods and the people and networks supporting them become increasingly familiar features of everyday consumption? Are the visions of "alternative worlds"…
Uncovering hidden hunger -- Charismatic nutrients -- Solving hidden hunger with fortified food -- Bound by the global and national : Indonesia's changing food policies -- Building a healthy Indonesia with flour, MSG, and instant noodles -- Smart baby food : participating in the …
Uncovering hidden hunger -- Charismatic nutrients -- Solving hidden hunger with fortified food -- Bound by the global and national : Indonesia's changing food policies -- Building a healthy Indonesia with flour, MSG, and instant noodles -- Smart baby food : participating in the …
Despite technological advances in agriculture, nearly a billion people around the world still suffer from hunger and poor nutrition while a billion are overweight or obese. This imbalance highlights the need not only to focus on food production but also to implement successful f…
"Despite technological advances in agriculture, nearly a billion people around the world still suffer from hunger and poor nutrition while a billion are overweight or obese. This imbalance highlights the need not only to focus on food production but also to implement successful …
Food insecurity and malnutrition are major international concerns, especially in rural areas. At the global scale, they have received considerable attention and investment, but the results achieved so far have been mixed. Some countries have made progress at the national level, …
