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  • The Economics of Sustainable Food

    Smart Policies for Health and the Planet

    Edited by Nicoletta Batini ...
    Producing food industrially like we do today causes tremendous global economic losses in terms of malnutrition, diseases, and environmental degradation. But because the food industry does not bear those costs and the price tag for these losses does not show up at the grocery store, it is too often ignored by economists and policymakers.The Economics of Sustainable Food details the true cost of ... Read more

    $46.19 CAD

  • True Cost Accounting for Food

    Balancing the Scale

    Edited by Barbara Gemmill-Herren, Lauren E. Baker, Paula A. Daniels ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment
    This book explains how True Cost Accounting is an effective tool we can use to address the pervasive imbalance in our food system.Calls are coming from all quarters that the food system is broken and needs a radical transformation. A system that feeds many yet continues to create both extreme hunger and diet-related diseases, and one which has significant environmental impacts, is not serving the ... Read more

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  • Technological and Institutional Innovations for Marginalized Smallholders in Agricultural Development

    Edited by Franz W. Gatzweiler, Joachim von Braun ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The aim of the book is to present contributions in theory, policy and practice to the science and policy of sustainable intensification by means of technological and institutional innovations in agriculture. The research insights re from Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The purpose of this book is to be a reference for students, scholars and practitioners inthe field of science and policy for ... Read more

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  • Fruit and Vegetables: Opportunities and Challenges for Small-Scale Sustainable Farming

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    This book will convince the reader to care about fruit and vegetables and to see that the small-scale production of these crops is fundamental to achieving sustainable development goals. In five chapters, the reader will learn about the challenges and rewards for producers, sellers, and consumers.Chapter 1: a working definition for fruit and vegetables, making the case for supporting small-scale ... Read more

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  • Climate Neutral and Resilient Farming Systems

    Practical Solutions for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation

    Edited by Udaya Sekhar Nagothu ...
    Series series Earthscan Food and Agriculture
    This book presents evidence-based research on climate-neutral and resilient farming systems and further provides innovative and practical solutions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating the impact of climate change.Intensive farming systems are a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions, thereby contributing to global warming and the acceleration of climate change. As paddy ... Read more

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  • Cities and Agriculture

    Developing Resilient Urban Food Systems

    Edited by Henk de Zeeuw, Pay Drechsel ...
    Series series Earthscan Food and Agriculture
    As people increasingly migrate to urban settings and more than half of the world's population now lives in cities, it is vital to plan and provide for sustainable and resilient food systems which reflect this challenge. This volume presents experience and evidence-based "state of the art" chapters on the key dimensions of urban food challenges and types of intra- and peri-urban agriculture.The ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • The Sustainable Chef

    The Environment in Culinary Arts, Restaurants, and Hospitality

    by Stefan Gössling, C. Michael Hall ...
    This book provides the first systematic and accessible text for students of hospitality and the culinary arts that directly addresses how more sustainable restaurants and commercial food services can be achieved.Food systems receive growing attention because they link various sustainability dimensions. Restaurants are at the heart of these developments, and their decisions to purchase regional ... Read more

    $79.69 CAD

  • Achieving sustainable urban agriculture

    by Prof Johannes S. C. Wiskerke, Dr Francesco Orsini, Dr Cecilia Stanghellini, Prof Dickson Despommier, Dr Rosanne Wielemaker, Dr Jan Weijma, Prof Giovanni G. Bazzocchi, Prof. B. W. Alsanius, Dr M. Jirström, Dr M. T. Naznin0, Dr S. Khalil1, Dr E.-C. Ekström2, Dr Delia Grace3, Dr Elizabeth Cook4, Dr Johanna Lindahl5, Dr Anja Steglich6, Dr Grit Bürgow7, Prof Angela Million8, Dr Erik Stange9, Prof Cecil C. Konijnendijk0, Dr Hyeone Park1, Dr Nevin Cohen2, Dr Laine Young3, Prof Alison Blay-Palmer4, Prof André Viljoen5, Dr Katrin Bohn6, Prof Stefano Pascucci7, Dr Elisa Appolloni8 ...
    Series Book 77 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Strong focus on infrastructural requirements for successful urban agriculture, such as public policy and planning frameworks, business models and social networksCovers developments in key technologies such as rooftop and vertical farming, as well as waste managementIncludes case studies of particular commodities, including horticultural produce, livestock and forestry ... Read more

    $203.99 CAD

  • Agricultural Systems: Agroecology and Rural Innovation for Development

    Agroecology and Rural Innovation for Development

    Edited by Sieglinde Snapp, Barry Pound ...
    Agricultural Systems, Second Edition, is a comprehensive text for developing sustainable farming systems. It presents a synthetic overview of the emerging area of agroecology applications to transforming farming systems and supporting rural innovation, with particular emphasis on how research can be harnessed for sustainable agriculture. The inclusion of research theory and examples using the ... Read more

    $66.39 CAD

  • Polluted Inheritance

    New Zealand’s Freshwater Crisis

    by Mike Joy ...
    Series Book 36 - BWB Texts
    The parlous state of our freshwater ecosystems is just one signal that we face a more widespread, and unprecedented, environmental crisis.New Zealand’s dairy industry is big business. But what are the hidden and not so hidden costs of intensive farming? Evidence presented here by ecologist Mike Joy demonstrates that intensive dairy farming has degraded our freshwater rivers, streams and lakes to ... Read more

    $4.02 CAD