The Food System
Author:   Geoff Tansey ,  Anthony Worsley
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781853832772


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   06 January 1995
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Geoff Tansey ,  Anthony Worsley
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Earthscan Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.690kg
ISBN:  

9781853832772


ISBN 10:   1853832774
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   06 January 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction Part 1: Food Matters 2. Food and the Biosphere 3. Modern Food – Where did it Come From? 4. Food, Culture and Human Needs Part 2: From Farm to Mouth – the Key Actors 5. Farmers, Workers and Traders 6. Processors, Distributors and Caterers 7.Consumers Part 3: Food Control – Tools for Control 8. Science, Technology, Information and Management 9. Food Law and Food Policy 10. Conclusion

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"""If you want to understand why the world feeds itself in the way it does, you must read this book"": Derek Cooper, The Food Programme"


If you want to understand why the world feeds itself in the way it does, you must read this book : Derek Cooper, The Food Programme


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Geoff Tansey is a Trustee of the Food Ethics Council and Joseph Rowntree Visionary for a Just and Peaceful World. He is a freelance writer and consultant on food, agriculture and related intellectual property issues.  Tony Worsley is Professor of Behavioural Nutrition in the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences and a member of the Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research (C-PAN). He has wide experience in the evaluation of public health nutrition programs, and in the promotion and maintenance of food behaviour change and has published widely in scientific and professional journals.

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