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2) Morris Mole
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
Food is running short so Morris's big brothers dig down deeper, but Morris tries digging up instead and discovers a beautiful new place, filled with delicious treats and new friends.
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Formats
Description
"The captivating story of a small town coming back to life, grounded in an idea that will revolutionize the way we eat. Over the past 3 years, Hardwick, Vermont, a typical hardscrabble farming community of 3,000 residents, has jump-started its economy and redefined its self-image through a local, self-sustaining food system unlike anything else in America. Even as the recent financial downturn threatens to cripple small businesses and privately owned...
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
c2013.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Description
Looks at farming and the ways that children from different cultures help in the production and distribution of food around the world, with attention paid to environmental and food supply issues.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Examines the issue of hunger in America and proposes new solutions to the problem. Shows how hunger poses serious economic, social and cultural implications for the U.S. Also discusses that it could be solved once and for all, if the American public decides that making healthy food available and affordable is in the best interest of all.
7) Food fix: how to save our health, our economy, our communities, and our planet-- one bite at a time
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2020.
Formats
Description
"Pairing the latest developments in nutritional and environmental science with an unflinching look at the dark realities of the global food system and the policies that make it possible, Food Fix is a hard-hitting manifesto that will change the way you think about -- and eat -- food forever, and will provide solutions for citizens, businesses, and policy makers to create a healthier world, society, and planet."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
vi, 266 p. ; 23 cm.
Description
Investigates the hidden connection between global food and global finance by asking the simple question: Why can't delicious, inexpensive, and healthy food be available to everyone on Earth? Reveals that money pouring into the global derivatives market in grain futures is having astonishing consequences that reach far beyond your dinner table, including the Arab Spring, bankrupt farmers, starving masses, and armies of scientists creating new GMO foods...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
xxi, 313 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
Discusses the effects of transporting food on the climate, how the food industry is becoming aware of its part in global warming, the emerging solutions from farmers, and the seven principles for a climate-friendly diet.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
vii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"That's the story of our food today: Modern science has brought us produce in perpetual abundance-once-rare fruits are seemingly never out of season, and we breed and clone the hardiest, best-tasting varieties of the crops we rely on most. As a result, a smaller proportion of people on earth go hungry today than at any other moment in the last thousand years, and the streamlining of our food supply guarantees that the food we buy, from bananas to...
12) The American way of eating: undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, farm fields, and the dinner table
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
x, 319 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
"In 2009 McMillan embarked on a groundbreaking undercover journey to see what it takes to eat well in America. For nearly a year, she worked, ate, and lived alongside the working poor to examine how Americans eat when price matters"--Jacket.
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Physical Desc
250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Chronicles the new ways that urban dwellers across North America are reimagining cities as places of food production, from homeowners planting their front yards with vegetables to guerrilla gardeners scattering seeds in neglected urban corners.
Publisher
Yes! Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD videodisc (ca. 109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 sound disc ((ca. 74 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Description
Monsanto Company is the world's leader in agricultural chemicals, seed and genetically modified crops, as well as being one of the most controversial companies in industrial history. This film uses hitherto unpublished documents and testimonies of victims, scientists and politicians to expose Monsanto's lack of care in protecting the environment and the health of those exposed to their products. Shows how the company promoted such products as Roundup...
Publisher
Chris Taylor]
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (73:13 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Looks at how American agricultural policy and food culture developed in the 20th century and how the California food movement created a counter-revolution against big agribusiness and launched the local organic movement.
Author
Series
Publisher
Post Carbon Institute
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
xxxiii, 321 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Description
Droves of people have turned to local food as a way to retreat from our broken industrial food system. From rural outposts to city streets, they are sowing, growing, selling, and eating food produced close to home--and they are crying out for agricultural reform. All this has made "local food" into everything from a movement buzzword to the newest darling of food trendsters. Showcasing some of the most promising, replicable models for growing, processing,...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the mountains of France, the mayor of a small town has changed the school's lunch menu to locally grown organic foods in order to bring safe food products and healthy diet to the children. We learn about the abuses of the food industry, the challenges and rewards of safe food production, and the practical solutions that we can all take part in. Features interviews with children, parents, teachers, scientists, etc. concerning organic food, agrobusiness,...
18) American wasteland: how America throws away nearly half of its food (and what we can do about it)
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
xvi, 360 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
19) Sustenance
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Formats
Description
A challenge by a group of friends with different diets takes the viewers on a global journey in search of the dimensions of sustainability.
20) Fresh
Publisher
Ripple Effect Productions
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (72 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fresh celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet. Among others, Fresh features urban farmer and activist Will Allen, sustainable farmer and entrepreneur Joel Salatin, and supermarket owner David Ball.
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