Demystifying food from farm to fork
Publisher: iUniverse Inc.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781462068036; 9781462068043
Subjects: Agriculture; Environmental aspects; Social aspects; Nutrition; Food supply; Food industry and trade; Aspect de l'environnement; Aspect social
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Acknowledgments; title: Author's note; title: What is food?; title: What does "food to fork'" mean?; title: Today's frustrated hunter-gatherer; title: The family farm: where food begins; title: From farm to consumer; title: The consumer of food; title: Role of government; title: Farming, the environment, and biodiversity; title: Genetically modified food: the controversy; title: Organic foods: more controversy; title: The hundred-mile diet; title: Pros and cons of knowing your farmer; title: Legacy: heritage and heirloom varieties; title: So you think you can garden!; title: Weather, climate, and food; title: Water and food production; title: Animal protein: too much of a good thing?; title: Animal and poultry welfare; title: Hormones and antibiotics  in livestock production; title: The pros and cons of backyard egg production; title: Food expectations of North Americans in a hungry world; title: Fish, fishing, and fish farming; title: Background on farming of selected food products: wheat, dairy, beef, apples; title: Is the food we eat safe?; title: Agriculture in the Third World; title: Food security, insecurity, and famines; title: Abuse of food in the kitchen; title: Food myths busted; title: Is information on food reliable?; title: Biofuels and food; title: Feeding the global population; title: The future of food and farming; title: Conclusion.