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Series - Food, Health, and the Environment
Topic Areas
Environmental Studies and Nature
Robert Gottlieb, Series Editor

A book series that addresses the environmental, health, economic, social, and cultural aspects of food systems at the local, regional, national, and global levels. The series includes books by researchers and practitioners in Planning, Environmental Health, Public Health, Sociology, Nutritional Sciences, Political Science, Rural Sociology, Urban and Environmental Policy, and Cultural Anthropology, among other fields, and encourages books that cross disciplinary boundaries and address the interests of both scholars and the general public, including policy makers, community activists, environmental and health NGOs, and sustainable food groups.

Publications 1 - 8 of 8

Agroecology in ActionAgroecology in Action
Extending Alternative Agriculture through Social Networks
Keith Douglass Warner; Foreword by Fred Kirschenmann
Detailed case studies of agrecological initiatives show how growers, scientists, agricultural organizations, and public agencies can form partnerships to develop innovative, ecologically based techniques for reducing reliance on agrochemicals.
Paper / January 2007
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Agroecology in ActionAgroecology in Action
Extending Alternative Agriculture through Social Networks
Keith Douglass Warner; Foreword by Fred Kirschenmann
Detailed case studies of agrecological initiatives show how growers, scientists, agricultural organizations, and public agencies can form partnerships to develop innovative, ecologically based techniques for reducing reliance on agrochemicals.
Cloth / January 2007
Price $62.00 | ADD TO CART
Confronting the Coffee CrisisConfronting the Coffee Crisis
Fair Trade, Sustainable Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Mexico and Central America
Edited by Christopher M. Bacon, V. Ernesto Méndez, Stephen R. Gliessman, David Goodman and Jonathan A. Fox
Combining interdisciplinary research with case-study analysis at scales ranging from the local to the global, Confronting the Coffee Crisis reveals the promise and the perils of efforts to create a more sustainable coffee industry.
Paper / February 2008
Price $29.00 | ADD TO CART
Confronting the Coffee CrisisConfronting the Coffee Crisis
Fair Trade, Sustainable Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Mexico and Central America
Edited by Christopher M. Bacon, V. Ernesto Méndez, Stephen R. Gliessman, David Goodman and Jonathan A. Fox
Combining interdisciplinary research with case-study analysis at scales ranging from the local to the global, Confronting the Coffee Crisis reveals the promise and the perils of efforts to create a more sustainable coffee industry.
Cloth / February 2008
Price $67.00 | ADD TO CART
Corporate Power in Global Agrifood GovernanceCorporate Power in Global Agrifood Governance
Edited by Jennifer Clapp and Doris Fuchs
Experts examine the ways transnational corporations exercise power over governance of the global food system and the implications this has for sustainability.
Paper / June 2009
Price $24.00 | ADD TO CART
Corporate Power in Global Agrifood GovernanceCorporate Power in Global Agrifood Governance
Edited by Jennifer Clapp and Doris Fuchs
Experts examine the ways transnational corporations exercise power over governance of the global food system and the implications this has for sustainability.
Cloth / June 2009
Price $48.00 | ADD TO CART
Food and the Mid-Level FarmFood and the Mid-Level Farm
Renewing an Agriculture of the Middle
Edited by Thomas A. Lyson, G. W. Stevenson and Rick Welsh
Practitioners and scholars from a range of disciplines discuss how midsize farms can better connect with consumers, organize collectively to develop markets for their products, and promote public policies that address agriculture-of-the-middle issues.
Paper / June 2008
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Food and the Mid-Level FarmFood and the Mid-Level Farm
Renewing an Agriculture of the Middle
Edited by Thomas A. Lyson, G. W. Stevenson and Rick Welsh
Practitioners and scholars from a range of disciplines discuss how midsize farms can better connect with consumers, organize collectively to develop markets for their products, and promote public policies that address agriculture-of-the-middle issues.
Cloth / June 2008
Price $62.00 | ADD TO CART


 


 
 
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