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Meals to Come

Autor: Dr. Warren Belasco

Número de Páginas: 397

In this provocative and lively addition to his acclaimed writings on food, Warren Belasco takes a sweeping look at a little-explored yet timely topic: humanity's deep-rooted anxiety about the future of food. People have expressed their worries about the future of the food supply in myriad ways, and here Belasco explores a fascinating array of material ranging over two hundred years—from futuristic novels and films to world's fairs, Disney amusement parks, supermarket and restaurant architecture, organic farmers' markets, debates over genetic engineering, and more. Placing food issues in this deep historical context, he provides an innovative framework for understanding the future of food today—when new prophets warn us against complacency at the same time that new technologies offer promising solutions. But will our grandchildren's grandchildren enjoy the cornucopian bounty most of us take for granted? This first history of the future to put food at the center of the story provides an intriguing perspective on this question for anyone—from general readers to policy analysts, historians, and students of the future—who has wondered about the future of life's most basic...

Doce mitos sobre el hambre

Autor: Frances Moore Lappé

Número de Páginas: 320

Edición totalmente revisada y actualizada de uno de los libros más completos sobre el hambre en el mundo. Sus autores, tres de los más destacados expertos internacionales en alimentación y agricultura, analizan minuciosamente los mitos que impiden afrontar debidamente esa problemática. Basándose en las detalladas investigaciones realizadas por el Institut for Food and Development Policy (Food First), Lappé, Collins y Rosset estudian en profundidad las políticas que han impedido y siguen impidiendo que la gente pueda alimentarse a sí misma en todo el mundo, tanto en los países del sur como en los del norte. Al mismo tiempo, analizan los criterios erróneos que durante años han influido negativamente sobre nuestros propios intereses nacionales, sociales y humanitarios. Escrito en un estilo sencillo y accesible, este libro contribuye a desmontar mitos tenidos como irrebatibles y, lo más importante, convence a los lectores de que ponerse del lado de los hambrientos no sólo es un gesto humanitario sino un modo de contribuir al bienestar de toda la especie humana. "Doce mitos sobre el hambre" enfoca problemas de enorme significado para la humanidad y apoyándose en...

Food, Energy, and Society

Autor: David Pimentel

Número de Páginas: 392

"A new edition of the analysis of energy use in relation to natural resources, technology, economic development, and demographics, assessing problems of sustainability and solutions. The discussions consider topics in solar energy, manipulating ecosystems for agriculture, the historical uses of human and animal energy, fish and agricultural production, ethanol fuels, and environmental impacts. The revision emphasizes food production systems and their use of land, water, energy, and biological resources, and the planning policy dilemmas facing individuals and nations in terms of providing food and a quality environment for the future. Includes statistical tables." -- Publisher.

Plan C

Autor: Pat Murphy

Número de Páginas: 337

Concerns over climate change and energy depletion are increasing exponentially. Mainstream solutions still assume a panacea that will cure our climate ills without requiring any serious modification to our way of life. Plan C explores the risks inherent in trying to continue our energy-intensive lifestyle. Using dirtier fossil fuels (Plan A) or switching to renewable energy sources (Plan B) allows people to remain complacent in the face of potential global catastrophe. Dramatic lifestyle change is the only way to begin to create a sustainable, equitable world. The converging crises of Peak Oil, Climate Change and increasing inequity are presented in a clear, concise manner, as are the twin solutions of community (where cooperation replaces competition) and curtailment (deliberately reducing consumption of consumer goods). Plan C shows how each person's individual choices can dramatically reduce CO2 emissions. It offers specific strategies in the areas of food, transportation and housing. One chapter analyzes the decimation of the Cuban economy when the USSR stopped oil exports in 1990 and provides an inspiring vision for a low energy way of living. Plan C is an indispensable...

World Food, Pest Losses, And The Environment

Autor: David Pimentel

Número de Páginas: 177

This book focuses on current food shortages and on the impact of pests in reducing world food supplies. At present, total worldwide food losses from pests are estimated to be about 45 percent. Preharvest losses alone, from insects, plant pathogens, and weeds, are estimated at about 30 percent. Additional postharvest losses from microorganisms, insects, and rodents range from about 10 to 20 percent. The contributors present data on the extent of these kinds of crop losses and analyze immediate and long-term pest management strategies. Emphasis is given to an evaluation of the effectiveness of integrated controls and the various new nonchemical pest controls used to reduce crop and livestock losses. The current worldwide environmental problems associated with both large-scale pesticide use and other pest control methods are also analyzed, including the impact that increased use of pesticides can be expected to have on the human environment. While the data included are technical, the presentation and analysis will be of interest to both the scientific community and the general public.

Food for Tomorrow?

Autor: C. Dean Freudenberger

Número de Páginas: 192

Research and Development in Agriculture

Número de Páginas: 418

La historia de un bastardo

Autor: Arturo Warman

Número de Páginas: 292

El ma z es inventado diariamente por los campesinos, afirma Arturo Warman. Lo inventan con su trabajo, con su conocimiento, con su respeto y veneraci n, con su pasi n, con su vida que gira alrededor de esta planta. No menor conocimiento y pasi n ha puesto el autor al escribir la historia del ma z, el cual, si bien sirvi a los dioses del M xico antiguo Para formar al hombre, al pasar, debido a la Conquista, a otros climas y latitudes, fue tratado como un bastardo.

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Número de Páginas: 736

University of Hawaii Law Review

Autor: University Of Hawaii At Manoa. School Of Law

Número de Páginas: 986

Energy Use in the U.S. Food System

Autor: Marc Humphries

Número de Páginas: 252

State of the World

Autor: Lester Russell Brown

Número de Páginas: 284

Food in Contemporary Society

Número de Páginas: 240

Socioecological Transitions and Global Change

Autor: Marina Fischer-kowalski , Helmut Haberl

Número de Páginas: 296

This significant new book analyses fundamental changes in society-nature interaction: the socioeconomic use of materials, energy and land. The volume presents a number of case studies addressing transitions from an agrarian to an industrial socioecological regime, analysed within the materials and energy flow accounting (MEFA) framework. It is argued that by concentrating on the biophysical dimensions of change in the course of industrialization, social development issues can be explicitly linked to changes in the natural environment. From the historical transition in Europe, to current transitions in developing countries, the book offers a broad and comprehensive analysis of transition processes across scales, from local to national. The comparison of historical and current assessments allows a theory of the underlying patterns of the agrarian-industrial transition to emerge. On this basis, future trends and possible pathways towards (or indeed further departures from) sustainability are discussed. Empirical in character and cautious in its assumptions, this insightful book provides rich and in-depth material for further studies in socioecological research. It will be essential...

How Many Americans?

Autor: Leon F. Bouvier , Lindsey Grant

Número de Páginas: 200

In this tough-minded, lucid book, Leon Bouvier and Lindsey Grant examine the inevitable and escalating environmental degradation that will result if population growth pushes the limits of our already strained environmental carrying capacity. If we are already grappling with dirty air, poisoned water, destruction of forests, the loss of topsoil, vanishing species, and the deterioration of cities, with the gap between rich and poor growing ever wider, what will the next century be like as we grow from 260 to 400 million? The prospects the authors describe are not pretty ones. Because of our energy-demanding, consumption-driven economy, the United States is the leading source of two of the gravest threats to life on this planet -- acid precipitation and climatic warming. Given the disproportionate damage we as Americans create, the authors call for appropriate attention to the difficult issues raised by population questions. Analyzing current and projected rates of fertility, mortality and migration, Bouvier and Grant forecast various population scenarios and conclude that low fertility rates alone will not solve our population problem. They recommend lower immigration levels to...

Soft Technologies, Hard Choices

Autor: Colin Norman

Número de Páginas: 50

Concerned with the fact that contrary to expectations, technology has not solved the world's problems, this paper looks at both the benefits and harmful results of increasing technology.

Culture and Agriculture

Autor: Ernest L. Schusky

Número de Páginas: 240

In the Foreword to Culture and Agriculture, distinguished anthropologist John W. Bennett writes Dr. Schusky's book is welcome. It marks a point of maturity for anthropology's interest in agriculture, a distillation of decades of research and thought on the most important survival task facing humankind, the production of food. Although applauded by a specialist in the field, Schusky's book is specifically written for the general reader who is interested in agriculture. It offers a historical overview of the two major periods of agriculture--the Neolithic Revolution, which occurred when humans initally domesticated plants and animals, and the Neoclaric Revolution, which began the introduction of fossil fuel into agriculture in the twentieth century. Culture and Agriculture dramatizes the extensive changes that are occurring in modern agriculture due to the intensified use of fossil energy. The book details how the overdependence on fossil energy, with its looming exhaustion, is a major cause of pessimism about food production. The book also addresses the possible solutions to this scenario--conservation steps, an increase in the mix of solar energy, and an emphasis on human...

Political Ecology and the Pesticide Paradox

Autor: Ryan E. Galt

Número de Páginas: 560

Proceedings - Stokely-Van Camp Annual Symposium

Número de Páginas: 236

Environment, Energy, and Society

Autor: Craig R. Humphrey , Tammy L. Lewis , Frederick H. Buttel

Número de Páginas: 374

This is a comprehensive yet accessible text that exposes students to the interaction between society and the environment. Each chapter opens with a stimulating case example or scenario that helps students grasp this interaction, while a "Focus on the U.S." feature helps students relate global environmental issues to everyday life in the United States. Students learn how to use social theories to better understand environmental issues, both at home and internationally.