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Seed Activism

Seed Activism

Seed Activism

Patent Politics and Litigation in the Global South

by Karine E. Peschard

ISBN: 9780262544641

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 4, 2022

How lawsuits around intellectual property in Brazil and India are impacting the patentability of plants and seeds, farmers' rights, and the public interest.
Acquired Tastes

Acquired Tastes

Acquired Tastes

Stories about the Origins of Modern Food

Edited by Benjamin R. Cohen, Michael S. Kideckel and Anna Zeide

ISBN: 9780262542913

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 17, 2021

How modern food helped make modern society between 1870 and 1930: stories of power and food, from bananas and beer to bread and fake meat.
Cannabis

Cannabis

Cannabis

Global Histories

Edited by Lucas Richert and James H. Mills

ISBN: 9780262045209

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 3, 2021

Cannabis consumption, commerce, and control in global history, from the nineteenth century to the present day.
Food Routes

Food Routes

Food Routes

Growing Bananas in Iceland and Other Tales from the Logistics of Eating

by Robyn Metcalfe

ISBN: 9780262539524

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: December 8, 2020

Finding opportunities for innovation on the path between farmer and table.
The Immigrant-Food Nexus

The Immigrant-Food Nexus

The Immigrant-Food Nexus

Borders, Labor, and Identity in North America

Edited by Julian Agyeman and Sydney Giacalone

ISBN: 9780262538411

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 24, 2020

The intersection of food and immigration in North America, from the macroscale of national policy to the microscale of immigrants' lived, daily foodways.
Food

Food

Food

by Fabio Parasecoli

ISBN: 9780262537315

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: May 21, 2019

A consumer's guide to the food system, from local to global: our part as citizens in the interconnected networks, institutions, and organizations that enable our food choices.
Feeding the Other

Feeding the Other

Feeding the Other

Whiteness, Privilege, and Neoliberal Stigma in Food Pantries

by Rebecca T. de Souza

ISBN: 9780262536769

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 9, 2019

How food pantries stigmatize their clients through a discourse that emphasizes hard work, self help, and economic productivity rather than food justice and equity.
Craft Weed

Craft Weed

Craft Weed

Family Farming and the Future of the Marijuana Industry

by Ryan Stoa

ISBN: 9780262038867

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: November 13, 2018

How the future of post-legalization marijuana farming can be sustainable, local, and artisanal.
Big Hunger

Big Hunger

Big Hunger

The Unholy Alliance between Corporate America and Anti-Hunger Groups

by Andrew Fisher

Foreword by Saru Jayaraman

ISBN: 9780262535168

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 13, 2018

How to focus anti-hunger efforts not on charity but on the root causes of food insecurity, improving public health, and reducing income inequality.
Japan’s Dietary Transition and Its Impacts

Japan's Dietary Transition and Its Impacts

Japan's Dietary Transition and Its Impacts

by Vaclav Smil and Kazuhiko Kobayashi

ISBN: 9780262017824

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 24, 2012

An examination of the transformation of the Japanese diet from subsistence to abundance and an assessment of the consequences for health, longevity, and the environment.
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