The Farm Bill A Citizen's Guide /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Imhoff, Daniel (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Badaracoo, Christina (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: Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; United States-Study and teaching.; Ethics.; Agriculture.; Political science.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; American Culture.; Agricultural Ethics.; Governance and Government.; Environmental Politics.

"Daniel Imhoff's recently-published The Farm Bill: A Citizen's Guide [is] a welcome and much-needed source for translating farm bill legalese....[it is] a thorough and navigable history of the farm bill...[that] hands readers the tools to take action." Foodprint "Dan Imhoff...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• PART I. Farm Bill Basics
• What is the Farm Bill?- Why Does the Farm Bill Matter?- Whom Does the Farm Bill Benefit?- How Does the Farm Bill Work?- PART II. The History of Food Policy
• Origins of the Farm BillChapter 6. The Changing Face of Agriculture
• The Changing Face of Hunger
• The Conservation Era
• PART III. Key Policy Issues
• Crop Subsidies
• Nutrition, SNAP, and Healthy Eating
• Agribusiness versus Family Farmers
• Job creation
• Trade
• An Alternative System
• PART IV. Reforming the Farm Bill
• Opportunities for Change
• Public HealthChapter 17. Food Security
• Ethanol
• Energy and Climate Change
• Conservation
• National Security
• PART V. The Future of Food Policy
• Ecosystem-Based Agriculture
• Local FoodChapter 24. A Citizen's Farm Bill
• Twenty-Five Solutions
• A Vision of Sustainable Food
• Appendix: Activist Tool Kits
• Glossary
• Select Bibliography
• Notes.