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Nourished planet : sustainability in the global food system / edited by Danielle Nierenberg (Food Tank), Laurie Fisher, Brian Frederick, and Michael Peñuelas.
ISBN:
9781610918954
Title:
Nourished planet : sustainability in the global food system / edited by Danielle Nierenberg (Food Tank), Laurie Fisher, Brian Frederick, and Michael Peñuelas.
Author:
Nierenberg, Danielle, editor.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xx, 250 pages) : illustrations, map
General Note:
"[This book] is based on and has content from Eating Planet Food and Sustainability: Building Our Future, written by the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition (Edizioni Ambiente, 2016)"--Page [iv]
Contents:
Foreword: Valuing the True Cost of Food -- Preface by Guido Barilla -- Preface by Danielle Nierenberg -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Food for All -- A Recipe for Sustainable Food Systems -- Ingredients for Sustainability -- Soil Degradation around the Globe -- Food for All -- Barriers to Food Access and Affordability -- Precarious Prices for Food -- Conclusion and Action Plan -- Voices from the New Food -- Chapter 2. Food for Sustainable Growth -- The Food Pyramid Reimagined -- How Our Diets Affect the Environment -- Our Environmental Foodprints -- The Water Economy: How Much Do We Have? -- Managing Our Supply: The "Virtual Water" Trade and Water Privatization -- Soil Loss and Degradation -- Food Loss and Food Waste -- Agricultural Systems: Sustainability Is More Important Than Ever -- Revolutionizing the Practices of the Past -- Farming for the Future -- Conclusion and Action Plan -- Voices from the New Food Movement -- Chapter 3. Food for Health -- Building the Foundation for Health -- A Lifetime of Health, and Preventing the Paradox -- Corporate Influence on Dietary Choices -- The Food Business Can Do Better -- Conclusion and Action Plan -- Voices from the New Food Movement -- Chapter 4. Food for Culture -- Going Forward by Going Back -- Selected Endangered Foods Worldwide and Efforts to Save Them -- Controlling Food: Food and Power Roles -- The Great Culinary Tradition of the Mediterranean Diet and the Reality of Food Today -- Conclusion and Action Plan -- Voices from the New Food Movement -- Notes -- Index.
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Format:
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Publication Date:
2018
Publication Information:
Washington, DC :

Island Press,

[2018]