The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, And Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry
Explores the impact that unprecedented changes in the meatpacking industry - particularly industry consolidation, increased line speeds, and deregulation - have had on workers, animals, and consumers. This work describes the efforts by the Humane Farming Association to improve conditions in the meatpacking industry.
A radical reframing of the current global food system to address injustices and existential threats The global food system stands at a critical juncture. Food production is among the largest causes of global environmental change and accelerating climate change. The resulting loss of biodiversity and the harmful effects on water and land use have ......
A radical reframing of the current global food system to address injustices and existential threats The global food system stands at a critical juncture. Food production is among the largest causes of global environmental change and accelerating climate change. The resulting loss of biodiversity and the harmful effects on water and land use have ......
Essential essays on the environmental impacts of factory farms on public health. The rapid-and relatively recent-concentration of food animal production into factory farms makes meat plentiful and cheap, but this type of agriculture comes at a great cost to human health and the environment. In Industrial Farm Animal Production, the Environment, ......
From Ernest and Julio Gallo to Francis Ford Coppola, Italians have shaped the history of California wine. This book demonstrates that the Italian visionaries were not skilled winemakers transplanting an immemorial agricultural tradition, even if California did resemble the rolling Italian countryside of their native Piedmont.
Explores the cultural construction of ethnic economies and markets, the social dynamics of American race, and the fully transnational history of American wine
Recounts the efforts of industrial societies to make food safer. This book describes the measures taken to protect the public from intentional and unintentional poisoning, and recounts poisoning incidents. It gives a glimpse into history and offers information suitable for laypersons as well as experts in food technology and public health.
Large fluctuations in the price of primary commodities, particularly in agricultural, began to receive the attention of economists and public affairs leaders at the beginning of the twentieth century. The world economic depression of the 1930s gave a new impetus to the concerns and to proposals for countering what became known as the problem of ......
