'Food Wars is a heartening book which calls for a radical change in the way the world feeds itself. It offers a blueprint for a future where nobody goes to bed hungry.'Derek Cooper, founder presenter
This second volume reviews a broad range of topics, including contaminants in beer, the effects of alcohol on the intestine, ciguatera fish poisoning, hepatitis A, Ybeta‥-nitropropionic acid, Vibrio p
Hunger is an issue which has been subject to much rigorous intellectual examination by economists, philosophers, sociologists, NGO's and governments. This volume provides a critical overview of curren
Byzantine and Medieval historian Stathakopoulos, currently researching medicine and society in the Palaiologan period, examines Late Antiquity from the perspective of subsistence crises and epidemic d
Foot and mouth disease, CJD, GM, and fears about modern methods of food production have put food safety in the spotlight. In addition, the food industry is increasingly reliant upon technological inno
Learn to produce crops with improved nutrition to alleviate malnourishment--using sustainable agriculture techniques!Utilizing complete food systems to improve nutrition has become a priority in the f
Edited by Sakariaasen's daughters, this volume reproduces the diary he kept in 1898-1899, when he took a reindeer herd from Norway to Alaska. Those reindeer that survived the trek formed the basis for
Feast and Famine traces the history of food and famine in Ireland from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century. It looks at what people ate and drank, and how this changed over time. The authors
Wylie (history, Boston U.) takes her title from the response of one African's 1938 reply to whites inquiring about the health of his community. His complaint that people were "starving on a full stoma
This highly topical book offers a comprehensive study of the interaction of food, politics and science over the last hundred years. A range of important case studies, from pasteurisation in Britain to
During the past, there have been many changes in food availability, production and selection around the world. These changes, such as genetically modified foods, raise questions about their long-range
Drawing on newly available archival materials including official documents, reports, and personal accounts, this study presents a detailed picture of the living standards of various social groups in p
Looks at the food stamp program to examine how the growing integration of welfare and budgeting has affected both politics and people. Examines the effects of welfare transfers on the kinds of budgeta
Until recently, Chinese children ate what their parents fed them and were not permitted to influence, much less dictate, their own diet. The situation today is radically different, especially in citi
"Good nutrition is key to maintain or improve health, and people's ability to secure an adequate diet is fundamental to achieving social and economic advances. Although the nutritional status of most
In this era of eroding commitment to government sponsored welfare programs, voluntarism and private charity have become the popular, optimistic solutions to poverty and hunger. The resurgence of char
In this completely revised and updated edition of the most authoritative book on world hunger, three of our foremost experts on food and agriculture expose and explode the myths that prevent us from
In this book, Eisinger seeks to unravel the puzzle of America's hunger. He asserts that unlike problems such as drug use, teenage pregnancy, or crime, this is a problem that can be solved. He believes
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Chinese people suffered what may have been the worst famine in history. Over thirty million perished in a grain shortage brought on not by flood, drought, or in
