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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results51 Connexions Library7 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 4 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 8 Sources Library 3 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryAltered Genes, Twisted Truth: How the Venture to Genetically Engineer Our Food Has Subverted Science, Corrupted Government, and Systematically Deceived the Public  Drucker, Steven M. Book 2015 Drucker elucidates the scientific facts about genetically engineered foods that the PR myths have been obscuring. Beyond Beef: The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture Rifkin, Jeremy Book 1993 By consuming thousands of acres of North American grain, "cattle production and beef consumption now rank among the gravest threats to the future well-being of the Earth". Canadian Information Sharing Service: Pilot Copy, February 1976 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1976 The first issue of the Canadian Information Sharing Service publication. The name of the publication was later changed to Connexions and then to Connexions Digest. Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 2, Number 1 - May 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 2, Number 4 - November 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Canadian News Synthesis Project - September 1974: Volume II Number 9 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1974 The Canadian News Synthesis Project journal presents current news coverage to show major trends in Canada and Latin America. Canned Dreams Gauriloff, Katja Film/Video 2012 A simple can of ravioli propels this spectacular 30,000-kilometre, eight-country journey through all phases of food production and the far flung sources of international ingredients. Climate change: how a warming world is a threat to our food supplies Vidal, John Article 2013 Global warming is exacerbating political instability as tensions brought on by food insecurity rise. With research suggesting the issue can only get worse we examine the risks around the world. Connexions: Volume 4, Number 4 - September 1979 - Food/La Nourriture Serial Publication (Periodical) 1979 Connexions: Volume 4, Number 5 - October 1979 - Nuclear Energy\Energie Nucleaire Serial Publication (Periodical) 1979 Connexions: Volume 6, Number 3 - September 1981 - Atlantic Development/Le Developpement Atlantique Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Connexions: Volume 8, Number 2 - Summer 1983 - Toward a New Economy Serial Publication (Periodical) 1983 Connexions: Volume 11, Number 1 - Spring 1987 - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Change Serial Publication (Periodical) 1987 Connexions: Volume 11, Number 2 - Winter 1988 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1988 Connexions Digest: Issue 52 - August 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1990 Connexions Library: Agriculture and Farming Focus Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on farming and agriculture. Connexions Library: Food Focus Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on food. Cultivating Famine: The World Food Crisis Slide Show 1975 A look at the historical and structural causes of the wold food crises and their most commonly advocated solutions. Development Education Viewpoints Article 1976 Educational tools focused on worldwide underdevelopment in a Canadian context. The End of Food: The coming Crisis in the World Food Industry Roberts, Paul Book Paul Robert's in his book The End of Food scrutinizes the food industry, documenting our eating patterns, the global economy which supports it and the ethics behind it. He maintains that the quanttit... Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat Lymbery, Philip; Oakeshott, Isabel Book 2014 An investigation and implication of the global industrial farming industry. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal Schlosser, Eric Book 2005 According to Schlosser, fast food has hastened the malling of the American landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialis... Food Justice: Monsanto, Factory Farming, And Beyond Z, Mickey Article 2013 It starts with alternative vision: While the dominant hierarchy drowns in its own hypocrisy, fear, and greed let’s use our energy and passion to create -- occupy -- a whole new cultural model. Food, Shelter and the American Dream Aronowitz, Stanley Book 1974 Discusses the state of the American economy, the consequences for politics and culture that might arise from the new situation, and possible solutions. The Food Wars Bello,Walden Book 2009 Walden Bello presents an analysis of the various causes of hikes in global food prices and their effects on poverty in the countries of the global South. The Future of Food Garcia, Deborah Koons (director) Film/Video 2004 Explores the radical changes in our diet and our food in the last half century. Get a Life!: How to make a good buck dance around the dinosaurs and save the world while you're at it Roberts, Wayne; Brandum, Susan Book 1995 Simultaneoulsy a textbook on new careers and lifestyles for aspiring entrepreneurs and a strategy for social, economic and environmental renewal. Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread Article 1979 A series of article regarding the Ten Days for World Development conference focused on food. GM crops: Hunger as the key to world domination Pelaez Vicky Article 2013 Weapons and energy resources are apparently insufficient for total control over the world's nations, power-hungry globalists like David Rockefeller have come up with the idea of using people's daily n... Local Places In the Age of the Global City Keil, Roger, Wekerle, Gerda R., Bell, David V.J. (eds.) Book 1996 The contributors to Local Places look at the complex social, economic and political contexts of cities in the 1990s and suggest that cities and urbanity, while part of the problem, also need to be con... Marx as a Food Theorist Foster, John Bellamy Article 2016 Marx developed a detailed and sophisticated critique of the industrial food system in Britain in the mid-nineteenth century, in the period that historians have called "the Second Agricultural Revoluti... Monsanto: Contamination By All Means Necessary Todhuner, Colin Article 2013 What happens when you allow commercial interests free rein over a nation state's food and agricultural policies? Consumers and farmers end up paying the price. On Hunger and Capitalism: Against The Current vol. 133 Jakopovich, Dan Article 2008 On September 11, 2001, approximately 35,000 of our brothers and sisters died from what is perhaps the worst possible cause of death — starvation. A decade after the 1996 World Food Summit set the goal... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - January 21, 2018: What are we eating? Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2018 What are we eating? A simple question which opens up a labyrinth of devilishly complex issues about production and distribution, access to land, control of water, prices, health and safety, migrant la... People are radicalizing Venezuela's Revolution: An interview with Christina Schiavoni Schiavoni , Christina; Chowdhury, Farooque; Magdoff, Fred Article 2017 In this interview Christina Schiavoni, a researcher and food sovereignty activist, provides a different view of the life of the Venezuelan people than we normally get from the media. The interview cov... Pesticides, Neoliberalism and the Politics of Acceptable Death St. Clair, Jeffrey Article 2015 In 1900, cancer killed three people in America out of every hundred. Today, it's 33 out of every 100 -- more than one-in-four Americans die from cancer. These figures come from Dr. Joseph Weissman, a ... The Politics of Food and Poverty Tummon, John Article 2014 The global food crisis is tightly connected to global poverty, climate change, ecological destruction, migrant workers, imperialism, health and the super-exploitation of workers. Quotes about Food Unclassified So Shall We Reap: What's Gone Wrong with the World's Food System -- And How to Fix It Tudge, Colin Book 2003 How everyone who is liable to be born in the next ten thousand years could eat very well indeed; and why, in practice, our immediate descendants are likely to be in serious trouble.
An expose on the ... Stuffed and Starved: Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World's Food System Patel, Raj Book 2007 This investigation into the global food market postulates that the current state of population health, where one billion people are overweight and one billion people are starving exemplifies the diseq... The Supermarket Tour: A handbook for education and action Article 1978 The Supermarket Tour manual is an attempt to provide the first step in the development of an understanding of the food problem. The Town That Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food Hewitt, Ben Book 2010 An account of how cooperative agricultural enterprises are revitalizing the economy of a town in Vermont. Via Campesina Declaration on Food Sovereignty 1996: The Right to Produce and Access Land Article 1996 Food is a basic human right. This right can only be realized in a system where food sovereignty is guaranteed. What are we eating?: Introduction to Other Voices, January 21, 2018 Diemer, Ulli Article 2018 What are we eating? A simple question which opens up a labyrinth of devilishly complex issues about production and distribution, access to land, control of water, prices, health and safety, migrant la... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesAlternatives - Action & Communication Network for International Development Alternatives, Action and Communication Network for International Development, is a non-governmental, international solidarity organization. Alternatives works to promote justice and equality amongst i... Food Banks Canada National umbrella group for Canadian food banks, distributed nearly 9 million pounds of food in 2003 to member food banks in all provinces. Works to promote the eradication of hunger and poverty in Ca... New Internationalist New Internationalist reports on issues of world poverty and inequality. We focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless worldwide in the fight for global justice. Ram's Horn A watchdog report on food issues and the agribusiness industry. Seeds of Diversity Seeds of Diversity is a non-profit network of gardeners and farmers, promoting biodiversity of food crops through conservation, documentation, and use of open-pollinated plants. Through our magazine, ... Sources Sources specializes in collecting, indexing, and disseminating information to help journalists, editors, and researchers quickly reach articulate experts and spokespersons who can provide background i... Sources Calendar, The The Sources Calendar contains event listings of interest to journalists and the media.
To submit items use the online form at http://calendar.sources.com. Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryDo Vegetarians Kill More Animals Than Meat Eaters? Buczynski, Beth 2013 A recent article published by an Australian scientist, however, contends that those who choose to eat all-plant diets are actually responsible for the death of more animals than those who eat them. Jamie Oliver: 'Tell me Mr Gove, Mr Lansley. How can we stop Britain being the most unhealthy country in Europe?' In the 10 years since opening his Fifteen restaurant, Jamie Oliver's campaigns have gone global. But his passion to improve British schools Adams, Tim 2012 Jaime Oliver continues in his challenge to the educate people on healthy eating, with or without the British government's aid. Monsanto's Worst Fear May Be Coming True Latham, Jonathan 2015 The Chipotle restaurant chain decides to make its product lines GMO-free -- a trend that may be a threat to Monsanto's goal of controlling the food industry. The Shape We're In: How Junk Food and Diets are Shortening Our Lives Boseley, Sarah 2014 Speaking to behavioural scientists and industry experts, yo-yo dieters and people who have gone under the knife, Boseley builds a picture of an obesogenic society. She argues that it is time to funda... Social determinants of health Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Social determinants of health are the economic and social conditions under which people live which determine their health. Why It’s Ethical to Eat Meat Cho, Jan 2012 Eating meat in specific circumstances is ethical; eating meat raised in other circumstances is unethical. From the Connexions ArchivesInternational Forum on Globalization Website An alliance of activists, scholars, economists, researchers and writers formed to stimulate new thinking, joint activity, and public education in response to economic globalization. New Internationalist Serial Publication (Periodical) New Internationalist reports on issues of world poverty and inequality. We focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless worldwide in the fight for global justice. When Did We See You Hungry? Article 1977 An educational leader kit designed to focus the theme of food. |
