Biting the Hands that Feed Us How Fewer, Smarter Laws Would Make Our Food System More Sustainable /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Linnekin, Baylen J. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2016.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Public policy.; Agriculture.; Environmental policy.; Environment, general.; Environmental Policy.; Public Policy.

Food waste, hunger, inhumane livestock conditions, disappearing fish stocks—these are exactly the kind of issues we expect food regulations to combat. Yet, today in the United States, laws exist at all levels of government that actually make these problems worse. The author argues that, too often, g...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword
• Introduction
• 1. Unsafe at Any Feed
• 2. “Big Food” Bigger Thanks to “Big Government”
• 3. Wasting Your Money, Wasting Food
• 4. I Say “Tomato,” You Say “No”
• 5: There Are Good Food Rules
• Conclusion.