The Grand Food Bargain and the Mindless Drive for More /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Walker, Kevin D. (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• 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, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Agriculture.; Food-Biotechnology.; Nutrition .; Sports-Sociological aspects.; Social sciences.; Food Science.; Nutrition.; Sociology of Sport and Leisure.; Popular Social Sciences.

"Of consuming interest...The 'grand food bargain' in the title is meant ironically: Our abundance of food in the West comes at a high cost to our environment and the Earth-and that's no bargain. Walker begins and ends his impassioned book on the scorched Kalahari Desert, where he...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Acronyms
• Part I: Taking Stock- The Third Relationship
• My Food, My Way
• Part II: Forces Driving More
• More is Never Enough
• An Infinite Supply of Finite Resources
• Expecting More, Committing Less
• Science À La CarteChapter 7. Becoming a Market Society
• Part III:Unexpected Consequences
• The World's Safest Food
• The Perfect Formula
• Controlling Nature
• Part IV: Decisions You'll Make
• Live and Learn
• To Lead or Be Led?- Acknowledgments
• Notes
• Index.