Food & society books

Recent volatility in agricultural commodity prices and projections of world population growth raise concerns about...  Read More >>

Food prices across the world rose dramatically between 2006 and 2008. The causes of the price rise were complex,...  Read More >>

The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a trade and investment agreement under negotiation by 12 countries...  Read More >>

Faced with the prospect of being unable to explain to his children why people eat some animals and not others, Foer...  Read More >>

Including more than 35 step-by-step recipes from the Black Sheep School of Cheesemaking Most DIY cheesemaking...  Read More >>

Household survey data are a critical resource for studying USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)....  Read More >>

The founder of the Thistle Stop Cafe shares how people are contributing--one cup of tea at a time--to a worldwide...  Read More >>

Recent research has shown that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) effectively reduces food insecurity....  Read More >>

Households have several ways to economize on their purchases at retail food stores when prices increase or their...  Read More >>

This book presents a systematic and pattern-based explanation of food tourism, focusing on how and why change could...  Read More >>

This book presents a systematic and pattern-based explanation of food tourism, focusing on how and why change could...  Read More >>

Birmingham began as a boomtown filled with immigrants who held on to the best recipes from their homelands. More...  Read More >>

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This is a broad-ranging and provocative study of the human passion for meat. It will intrigue anyone who has ever...  Read More >>

A group of experienced, innovative teachers explore methods of teaching about food and using food to teach the basics...  Read More >>

Milly O'Leary was raised in Molitor, a small township in Taylor County, Wisconsin, U.S.A.. Much of what is included...  Read More >>

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Serving students and general readers alike, this encyclopedia addresses the myriad and profound ways foods have...  Read More >>

An eye-opening examination of the U.S. military's influence on the American food industry and the way we eat.  Read More >>

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The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets is the most ambitious and eclectic reference work of its kind, a sweeping...  Read More >>

Birmingham began as a boomtown filled with immigrants who held on to the best recipes from their homelands. More...  Read More >>

Oil palm is a driver for development and can also be a major source of environmental and community destruction....  Read More >>

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