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"Now in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, Tangled Routes offers a vivid interdisciplinary examination of the global food system through the journey of a corporate tomato. Through case studies in the three NAFTA countries - Mexico, the United States, and Canada - Deborah Barndt examines the dynamic relationships between production and consumption, work and technology, biodiversity and cultural diversity, and health and environment. The compelling...
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Over the past two years, concerned Americans have finally begun to ask who is to blame for the growing public health crisis of obesity and diet-related illnesses? Is the junk food industry at fault, or is it all just a matter of personal and parental responsibility? How can we fight back with workable solutions? In communities all over the country, people are attempting to "take back" their food supply from greedy corporations. Public health attorney...
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"After decades of operating off-the-back-foot and protecting and conserving nature perceived as under threat, conservationists are becoming proactive and creative in the face of habitat loss, agricultural intensification and climate change. Beyond Conservation offers a revolutionary agenda for both managing existing wildlands in Britain and for expanding and connecting such lands. Central to this strategy is the imperative to 'rewild' or restore and...
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[In this book, the author] examines what she sees as the industry's manipulation of America's eating habits while enumerating many conflicts of interest among nutritional authorities. Combining the scientific background of a researcher and the skills of a teacher, she has made a complex subject easy to understand.-Back cover.
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"Christopher D. Cook's investigation takes us beyond fast food and GMOs to explain why our entire food system is in crisis." "Food, our most basic necessity, has become a force behind a staggering array of social, economic, and environmental epidemics. Yet there is another way. Taking heart from the promising surge in organics, farmers' markets, and slow food, Cook argues cogently for a whole new way of looking at what we eat - one that places healthy,...
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Holding corporations accountable is an examination of recent experience in seeking to regulate large corporations. At a time when gigantic transnationals have a huge impact on human health, the environment, working conditions, and the economic prospects of nations, this study explores whether it is sufficient to continue relying only on industry self-regulation.
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