Title: Food policy in the United States : an introduction /
Authors: Wilde, Parke.
Publisher: Earthscan from Routledge,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Nutrition policy United States.
Abstract: This book offers a broad introduction to food policies in the United States. Real-world controversies and debates motivate the book's attention to economic principles, policy analysis, nutrition science and contemporary data sources. It assumes that the reader's concern is not just the economic interests of farmers, but also includes nutrition, sustainable agriculture, the environment and food security. The book's goal is to make US food policy more comprehensible to those inside and outside the agri-food sector whose interests and aspirations have been ignored. The chapters cover US agriculture, food production and the environment, international agricultural trade, food and beverage manufacturing, food retail and restaurants, food safety, dietary guidance, food labeling, advertising and federal food assistance programs for the poor. The author is an agricultural economist with many years of experience in the non-profit advocacy sector, the US Department of Agriculture and as a professor at Tufts University. The author's well-known blog on US food policy provides a forum for discussion and debate of the issues set out in the book.
Contents: Making food policy in the United States -- Agriculture -- Food production and the environment -- Food and agricultural trade -- Food manufacturing / by Parke Wilde and Daniel Hatfield -- Food retailing and restaurants / by Parke Wilde and Daniel Hatfield -- Food safety -- Dietary guidance and health -- Food labeling and advertising -- Hunger and food insecurity -- Nutrition assistance programs for children -- Postscript -- looking forward.