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Food, Health, and the Environment

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Acquired Tastes: Stories about the Origins of Modern Food

(Paperback)

By: Benjamin R. Cohen

ISBN: 9780262542913
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2021
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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"The stories in this collection open a window onto those new categories in the making. Taken together, they call for new approaches to the history of global food, and using this history to think about our future"--

Food Justice

(Paperback)

By: Robert Gottlieb

ISBN: 9780262518666
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2013
UK Publication Date: 25th January 2013
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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The story of how the emerging food justice movement is seeking to transform the American food system from seed to table.

Global Meat: Social and Environmental Consequences of the Expanding Meat Industry

(Paperback)

By: Bill Winders

ISBN: 9780262537735
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Oct 2019
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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The growth of the global meat industry and the implications for climate change, food insecurity, workers' rights, the treatment of animals, and other issues.

GMOs Decoded: A Skeptic's View of Genetically Modified Foods

(Hardback)

By: Sheldon Krimsky

ISBN: 9780262039192
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2019
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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The debate over genetically modified organisms: health and safety concerns, environmental impact, and scientific opinions.

Pesticide Drift and the Pursuit of Environmental Justice

(Paperback)

By: Jill Lindsey Harrison

ISBN: 9780262516280
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jul 2011
UK Publication Date: 29th July 2011
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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An examination of political conflicts over pesticide drift and the differing conceptions of justice held by industry, regulators, and activists.

Seed Activism: Patent Politics and Litigation in the Global South

(Paperback)

By: Karine E. Peschard

ISBN: 9780262544641
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2022
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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The Immigrant-Food Nexus: Borders, Labor, and Identity in North America

(Paperback)

By: Julian Agyeman

ISBN: 9780262538411
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Apr 2020
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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The intersection of food and immigration in North America, from the macroscale of national policy to the microscale of immigrants' lived, daily foodways.

The New American Farmer: Immigration, Race, and the Struggle for Sustainability

(Paperback)

By: Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern

ISBN: 9780262537834
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Nov 2019
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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An examination of Latino/a immigrant farmers as they transition from farmworkers to farm owners that offers a new perspective on racial inequity and sustainable farming.

The Painful Truth about Hunger in America: Why We Must Unlearn Everything We Think We Know--and Start Again

(Hardback)

By: Mariana Chilton

ISBN: 9780262048309
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2024
UK Publication Date: 23rd September 2024
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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"An invitation to pivot how we address hunger in America, rooted in the personal, political, and spiritual work critical to making change"--

Transforming School Food Politics around the World

(Paperback)

By: Jennifer E. Gaddis

ISBN: 9780262548113
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2024
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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