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Seed Activism
Patent Politics and Litigation in the Global South
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
Stories about the Origins of Modern Food
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.
Food Routes
Growing Bananas in Iceland and Other Tales from the Logistics of Eating
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
Borders, Labor, and Identity in North America
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.
Feeding the Other
Whiteness, Privilege, and Neoliberal Stigma in Food Pantries
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
Family Farming and the Future of the Marijuana Industry
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
The Unholy Alliance between Corporate America and Anti-Hunger Groups
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
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.
Seed Activism
Patent Politics and Litigation in the Global South
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
Stories about the Origins of Modern Food
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.
Food Routes
Growing Bananas in Iceland and Other Tales from the Logistics of Eating
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
Borders, Labor, and Identity in North America
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.
Feeding the Other
Whiteness, Privilege, and Neoliberal Stigma in Food Pantries
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
Family Farming and the Future of the Marijuana Industry
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
The Unholy Alliance between Corporate America and Anti-Hunger Groups
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
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.