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Author
Publisher
Checkmark Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Views careers in the field of agriculture, including areas beyond the production and distribution of food, with information on over ninety jobs that includes job summaries and overviews of the skills, education, and training necessary for each.
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
By 2050, the world population is expected to reach nine billion, and the challenge of feeding this population, along with climate changes, will increasingly wreak havoc on the way we produce our food. At the same time, we have lost touch with the soil; few of us know how to grow it, and we are at the mercy of multinational corporations who control the crops and giving little thought to the damage their methods are inflciting on the planet. The author...
Publisher
Lily Films
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Documents the trend of unlabeled genetically-modified foods which have become increasingly prevalent in grocery stores. Unravels the complex web of market and political forces that are changing the nature of what we eat. Explores organic and sustainable agriculture as alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture.
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"This book documents how COVID-19 impacts gender, agriculture, and food systems across the globe with on-the-ground accounts and personal reflections from scholars, practitioners, and community members. During the coronavirus pandemic with many people under lockdown, continual agricultural production and access to food remain essential. Women provide much of the formal and informal work in agriculture and food production, distribution, and preparation...
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