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American Wasteland How America Throws Away Nearly Half Of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It)
written by Jonathan Bloom, fl. 2010 (New York, NY: Da Capo Press, 2011, originally published 2010), 392 page(s)
Grocery prices and the forsaken foods at the back of your fridge seem to increase weekly. After reading American Wasteland, you will never look at your shopping list, refrigerator, plate, or wallet the same way again. Jonathan Bloom wades into the garbage heap to unearth what our squandered food says about us, why...
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written by Jonathan Bloom, fl. 2010 (New York, NY: Da Capo Press, 2011, originally published 2010), 392 page(s)
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Grocery prices and the forsaken foods at the back of your fridge seem to increase weekly. After reading American Wasteland, you will never look at your shopping list, refrigerator, plate, or wallet the same way again. Jonathan Bloom wades into the garbage heap to unearth what our squandered food says about us, why it matters, and how you can make a difference starting in your own kitchen—reducing waste and saving money. Interviews with experts...
Grocery prices and the forsaken foods at the back of your fridge seem to increase weekly. After reading American Wasteland, you will never look at your shopping list, refrigerator, plate, or wallet the same way again. Jonathan Bloom wades into the garbage heap to unearth what our squandered food says about us, why it matters, and how you can make a difference starting in your own kitchen—reducing waste and saving money. Interviews with experts such as chef Alice Waters and food psychologist Brian Wansink, among others, uncover not only how and why we waste, but, most importantly, what we can do about it.
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Field of Study
Food Studies Online
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Jonathan Bloom, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2010, 2011
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Topic / Theme
Waste disposal, Food industry, End food waste movement, Early 21st Century United States (2001– )
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Copyright © 2010 by Perseus Books Group
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At Table, Predictable Pleasures: Food and the Pursuit of Balance in Rural Yucatán
written by Lauren A. Wynne, fl. 2012; edited by Sherrie Flick, 1967-, in At Table (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2020, originally published 2020), 275 page(s)
The pursuit of balance pervades everyday life in rural Yucatan, Mexico, from the delicate negotiations between a farmer and the neighbor who wants to buy his beans to the careful addition of sour orange juice to a rich plate of eggs fried in lard. Based on intensive fieldwork in one indigenous Yucatecan community,...
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written by Lauren A. Wynne, fl. 2012; edited by Sherrie Flick, 1967-, in At Table (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2020, originally published 2020), 275 page(s)
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The pursuit of balance pervades everyday life in rural Yucatan, Mexico, from the delicate negotiations between a farmer and the neighbor who wants to buy his beans to the careful addition of sour orange juice to a rich plate of eggs fried in lard. Based on intensive fieldwork in one indigenous Yucatecan community, Predictable Pleasures explores the desire for balance in this region and the many ways it manifests in human interactions with food. A...
The pursuit of balance pervades everyday life in rural Yucatan, Mexico, from the delicate negotiations between a farmer and the neighbor who wants to buy his beans to the careful addition of sour orange juice to a rich plate of eggs fried in lard. Based on intensive fieldwork in one indigenous Yucatecan community, Predictable Pleasures explores the desire for balance in this region and the many ways it manifests in human interactions with food. As shifting social conditions, especially a decline in agriculture and a deepening reliance on regional tourism, transform the manners in which people work and eat, residents of this community grapple with new ways of surviving and finding pleasure.
Lauren A. Wynne examines the convergence of food and balance through deep analysis of what locals describe as acts of care. Drawing together rich ethnographic data on how people produce, exchange, consume, and talk about food, this book posits food as an accessible, pleasurable, and deeply important means by which people in rural Yucatan make clear what matters to them, finding balance in a world that seems increasingly imbalanced.
Unlike many studies of globalization that point to the dissolution of local social bonds and practices, Predictable Pleasures presents an array of enduring values and practices, tracing their longevity to the material constraints of life in rural Yucatan, the deep historical and cosmological significance of food in this region, and the stubborn nature of bodily habits and tastes.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Sherrie Flick, 1967-
Author / Creator
Lauren A. Wynne, fl. 2012
Date Published / Released
2020
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Series
At Table
Topic / Theme
Food and Commodities, Cultural communities, Tourism industry, Local foods, Agriculture, Social customs, Anthropology, Sociology, Yucatan Maya, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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By-products in the Packing Industry
written by Rudolf Alexander Clemen, 1893-1969 (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1927, originally published 1927), 482 page(s)
This book, by Rudolf A. Clemen, is about utilizing the by-products produced by the meat-packing industry in order to turn waste into a source of revenue and increase profits. Some of the by-products discussed are hides and skins, wool and hair, fats, oils, and greases, soap, pharmaceuticals, glues, fertilizers, an...
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written by Rudolf Alexander Clemen, 1893-1969 (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1927, originally published 1927), 482 page(s)
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This book, by Rudolf A. Clemen, is about utilizing the by-products produced by the meat-packing industry in order to turn waste into a source of revenue and increase profits. Some of the by-products discussed are hides and skins, wool and hair, fats, oils, and greases, soap, pharmaceuticals, glues, fertilizers, and animal feed. There is also a chapter on accounting and business management of by-product manufacturing.
Field of Study
Food Studies Online
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Rudolf Alexander Clemen, 1893-1969
Date Published / Released
1927
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Topic / Theme
Meats and poultry, Food industry, Consumer products, Waste disposal, Butchering, World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928)
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Discovering Our Food System
written by Jennifer Wilkins, fl. 2008, Robyn Stewart, fl. 2011, Amie Patchen, fl. 2011, Angela McGregor Hedstrom, fl. 2011, Christine Hadekel, fl. 2011 and Marcia Eames-Sheavly, fl. 2011 (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University. Cornell Cooperative Extension and Cornell University. Department of Horticulture, 2011, originally published 2011),
Source: www.discoverfoodsys.cornell.edu
Source: www.discoverfoodsys.cornell.edu
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written by Jennifer Wilkins, fl. 2008, Robyn Stewart, fl. 2011, Amie Patchen, fl. 2011, Angela McGregor Hedstrom, fl. 2011, Christine Hadekel, fl. 2011 and Marcia Eames-Sheavly, fl. 2011 (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University. Cornell Cooperative Extension and Cornell University. Department of Horticulture, 2011, originally published 2011),
Source: www.discoverfoodsys.cornell.edu
Source: www.discoverfoodsys.cornell.edu
Field of Study
Food Studies Online
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Jennifer Wilkins, fl. 2008, Robyn Stewart, fl. 2011, Amie Patchen, fl. 2011, Angela McGregor Hedstrom, fl. 2011, Christine Hadekel, fl. 2011, Marcia Eames-Sheavly, fl. 2011
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Cornell University. Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cornell University. Department of Horticulture
Topic / Theme
Food preparation, Food industry, Food crops, School curriculums, Early 21st Century United States (2001– ), Americans
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FAIR FOOD GROWING A HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM FOR ALL
written by Oran B. Hesterman, fl. 2011 (New York, NY: PublicAffairs Books, 2012, originally published 2011), 344 page(s)
A host of books and films in recent years have documented the dangers of our current food system, from chemical runoff to soaring rates of diet-related illness to inhumane treatment of workers and animals. But advice on what to do about it largely begins and ends with the admonition to 'eat local' or 'eat organic....
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written by Oran B. Hesterman, fl. 2011 (New York, NY: PublicAffairs Books, 2012, originally published 2011), 344 page(s)
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A host of books and films in recent years have documented the dangers of our current food system, from chemical runoff to soaring rates of diet-related illness to inhumane treatment of workers and animals. But advice on what to do about it largely begins and ends with the admonition to 'eat local' or 'eat organic.'
Fair Food is an enlightening and inspiring guide to changing not only what we eat, but how food is grown, packaged, delivered, market...
A host of books and films in recent years have documented the dangers of our current food system, from chemical runoff to soaring rates of diet-related illness to inhumane treatment of workers and animals. But advice on what to do about it largely begins and ends with the admonition to 'eat local' or 'eat organic.'
Fair Food is an enlightening and inspiring guide to changing not only what we eat, but how food is grown, packaged, delivered, marketed, and sold. Oran B. Hesterman shows how our system's dysfunctions are unintended consequences of our emphasis on efficiency, centralization, higher yields, profit, and convenience--and defines the new principles, as well as the concrete steps, necessary to restructuring it. Along the way, he introduces people and organizations across the country who are already doing this work in a number of creative ways, from bringing fresh food to inner cities to fighting for farm workers' rights to putting cows back on the pastures where they belong. He provides a wealth of practical information for readers who want to get more involved.
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Field of Study
Food Studies Online
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Oran B. Hesterman, fl. 2011
Date Published / Released
2011, 2012
Publisher
PublicAffairs Books
Topic / Theme
Agricultural policy, Food industry, Food supply, Sustainable agriculture, Early 21st Century United States (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 by Perseus Books Group
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FOOD, INC. How Industrial Food is Making us Sicker, Fatter and Poorer- And What You Can Do About it
(2009); edited by Karl Weber, fl. 2006 (New York, NY: PublicAffairs Books, 2009, originally published 2009), 338 page(s)
Food, Inc. is guaranteed to shake up our perceptions of what we eat. This powerful documentary deconstructing the corporate food industry in America was hailed by Entertainment Weekly as 'more than a terrific movie'it's an important movie.' Aided by expert commentators such as Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser, th...
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(2009); edited by Karl Weber, fl. 2006 (New York, NY: PublicAffairs Books, 2009, originally published 2009), 338 page(s)
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Food, Inc. is guaranteed to shake up our perceptions of what we eat. This powerful documentary deconstructing the corporate food industry in America was hailed by Entertainment Weekly as 'more than a terrific movie'it's an important movie.' Aided by expert commentators such as Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser, the film poses questions such as: Where has my food come from, and who has processed it? What are the giant agribusinesses and what stake...
Food, Inc. is guaranteed to shake up our perceptions of what we eat. This powerful documentary deconstructing the corporate food industry in America was hailed by Entertainment Weekly as 'more than a terrific movie'it's an important movie.' Aided by expert commentators such as Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser, the film poses questions such as: Where has my food come from, and who has processed it? What are the giant agribusinesses and what stake do they have in maintaining the status quo of food production and consumption? How can I feed my family healthy foods affordably? Expanding on the film's themes, the book Food, Inc. will answer those questions through a series of challenging essays by leading experts and thinkers. This book will encourage those inspired by the film to learn more about the issues, and act to change the world.
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Date Written / Recorded
2009
Field of Study
Food Studies Online
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Karl Weber, fl. 2006
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
PublicAffairs Books
Topic / Theme
Diet and food, Food industry, Corporate farms, Early 21st Century United States (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 by Perseus Books Group
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General, Duke Homestead and the American Tobacco Company
Shaped by the Duke family’s influence and the production of bright leaf tobacco, Durham, North Carolina, over time, has transformed from the “Bull City” to the “City of Medicine.” Duke Homestead and the American Tobacco Company showcases the effect of both tobacco and the Duke family in Durham. The Duke...
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Shaped by the Duke family’s influence and the production of bright leaf tobacco, Durham, North Carolina, over time, has transformed from the “Bull City” to the “City of Medicine.” Duke Homestead and the American Tobacco Company showcases the effect of both tobacco and the Duke family in Durham. The Duke family’s fortunes grew alongside those of the city as they rose from tobacco farmers to founders of the American Tobacco Company and...
Shaped by the Duke family’s influence and the production of bright leaf tobacco, Durham, North Carolina, over time, has transformed from the “Bull City” to the “City of Medicine.” Duke Homestead and the American Tobacco Company showcases the effect of both tobacco and the Duke family in Durham. The Duke family’s fortunes grew alongside those of the city as they rose from tobacco farmers to founders of the American Tobacco Company and influential philanthropists. Duke University, Duke Hospital, and Duke Energy as well as local churches, orphanages, textile mills, banks, and railroads can all trace their roots to the Duke family. The American Tobacco Company was the largest tobacco manufacturer in the world as well as one of the 12 founding members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. From its founding in 1890, the American Tobacco Company was a major employer in the area, bringing income and a higher quality of life to those employed there, regardless of race or gender.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
General
Topic / Theme
Industry, Tobacco
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Copyright © 2013 by Jennifer Dawn Farley
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![His Maiesties gracious letter to the Earle of South-Hampton, treasurer, and to the Councell and Company of Virginia heere [microform] : commanding the present setting vp of silke works, and planting of vines in Virginia. And the letter of the treasurer, Councell, and Company, to the gouernour and Councell of State there, for the strict execution of his Maiesties royall commands herein. Also a treatise of the art of making silke ... Together with instructions how to plant and dresse vines, and to make wine, and how to dry raisins, figs, and other fruits ... Set foorth for the benefit of the two renowned and most hopefull sisters, Virginia, and the Summer-Ilands. By Iohn Bonoeil Frenchman, seruant in these imployments to his most excellent Maiesty of Great Brittaine, France, Ireland, Virginia, and the Summer-Ilands. Published by authority](https://d3crmev290s45i.cloudfront.net/content/1012272xxx/1012272131/1012272131-size-exact-140x0.jpg "His Maiesties gracious letter to the Earle of South-Hampton, treasurer, and to the Councell and Company of Virginia heere [microform] : commanding the present setting vp of silke works, and planting of vines in Virginia. And the letter of the treasurer, Councell, and Company, to the gouernour and Councell of State there, for the strict execution of his Maiesties royall commands herein. Also a treatise of the art of making silke ... Together with instructions how to plant and dresse vines, and to make wine, and how to dry raisins, figs, and other fruits ... Set foorth for the benefit of the two renowned and most hopefull sisters, Virginia, and the Summer-Ilands. By Iohn Bonoeil Frenchman, seruant in these imployments to his most excellent Maiesty of Great Brittaine, France, Ireland, Virginia, and the Summer-Ilands. Published by authority")
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His Maiesties gracious letter to the Earle of South-Hampton, treasurer, and to the Councell and Company of Virginia heere [microform] : comm...
written by John Bonoeil, fl. 1622, in Early English Books Online, of ProQuest (Ann Arbor, MI) (London, England: Felix Kyngston (Publisher), 1622), 97 page(s)
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written by John Bonoeil, fl. 1622, in Early English Books Online, of ProQuest (Ann Arbor, MI) (London, England: Felix Kyngston (Publisher), 1622), 97 page(s)
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
John Bonoeil, fl. 1622
Date Published / Released
1622
Publisher
Felix Kyngston (Publisher)
Person Discussed
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, 1573-1624, James I, King of England, 1566-1625
Topic / Theme
Trading and Commerce in the 17th Century, Fruits, Vineyards, Textile fibers, Economics, Global History of Trade, British, Early Modern Period (1450–1750)
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Images of America, Agoura Hills
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
Source: www.arcadiapublishing.com
Source: www.arcadiapublishing.com
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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Source: www.arcadiapublishing.com
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 by Susan M. Pascal
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Images of America, Along the Battenkill
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2014), 128 page(s),
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The Battenkill Valley, in the southern part of Washington County, is the historical backdrop to many homesteading settlers as well as the Mohawk and Mahican tribes. Two retired Roger’s Rangers, James Turner and Joshua Conkey, came to Salem and purchased 25,000 acres of land—known as the Turner Patent—bringin...
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2014), 128 page(s),
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The Battenkill Valley, in the southern part of Washington County, is the historical backdrop to many homesteading settlers as well as the Mohawk and Mahican tribes. Two retired Roger’s Rangers, James Turner and Joshua Conkey, came to Salem and purchased 25,000 acres of land—known as the Turner Patent—bringing many families from Pelham, Massachusetts, to settle along White Creek and the Battenkill. With the advent of photography, the results...
The Battenkill Valley, in the southern part of Washington County, is the historical backdrop to many homesteading settlers as well as the Mohawk and Mahican tribes. Two retired Roger’s Rangers, James Turner and Joshua Conkey, came to Salem and purchased 25,000 acres of land—known as the Turner Patent—bringing many families from Pelham, Massachusetts, to settle along White Creek and the Battenkill. With the advent of photography, the results of this pioneering spirit were captured, first on glass negative plates and later with roll film, by numerous Salem photographers from 1865 to the early 1900s. As new canals, roads, and railroads of the 1800s were built, local photographers could travel easily with their heavy photography equipment, capturing scenes of the towns and villages nestled in the Adirondack Mountains, replete with their own rivers and lakes. Now, the region thrives off agriculture, logging, mining, and tourism. The Battenkill draws hundreds of fishermen, boaters, and swimmers to the area in the spring and summer.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Topic / Theme
Rivers
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Copyright © 2014 by William A. Cormier
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