| Description |
1 online resource (206 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Toward a national food policy -- The real cost of food -- The unfinished business of food safety -- Dietary guidelines become fierce battleground -- Marketing to children in school and out -- Hunger in a wealthy society -- Landscape shift in food advocacy -- Transforming the U.S. agriculture department -- Churches, newspapers, and universities get involved -- The end of food as we know It -- Some of the worst jobs in America -- Treatment of food animals -- Food advocacy changes America. |
| Summary |
"Many believe that America's food system is in dire need of reform, with concerns ranging from the obesity epidemic to exploitative labor practices and negative environmental impact. This eye-opening book answers provocative questions about what changes are needed, who is advocating the changes, what parties are opposing these changes (and why), and what a new food system would look like. Organized into three sections, the work identifies the problems with the current system, reviews the changing landscape of food policy, and suggests workable solutions for progress. Washington insider Steve Clapp takes a comprehensive look at the struggle over the future of food. He examines the vision for a reformed national food policy that includes calculating the true cost of food, providing universal access to healthful food, adopting farm policies supporting public health and environmental objectives, improving food safety, paying fair wages to food employees, treating food animals with compassion, and reducing the food system's carbon footprint. The book explores the ways in which these issues can be resolved, drawing upon lessons learned from the early food advocates of the 1960s and 1970s"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nutrition policy.
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Nutrition policy. |
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Food industry and trade.
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Food industry and trade. |
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United States. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Clapp, Steve, 1938- Fixing the food system. Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2017] 9781440843709 (DLC) 2016029142 |
| ISBN |
9781440843716 (electronic book) |
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1440843716 (electronic book) |
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9781440843709 (hard copy ; alkaline paper) |
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1440843708 (hard copy ; alkaline paper) |
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