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Organic Food, Farming and Culture : An Introduction
Organic Food, Farming and Culture : An Introduction
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ISBN No.: 9781350027831
Pages: 332
Year: 201902
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 179.40
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List of Illustrations List of contributors Foreword by Jeff Moyer (Executive Director, Rodale Institute)AcknowledgmentsOrganic Food, Farming and Culture: Introduction Janet Chrzan (University of Pennsylvania, USA) and Jacqueline Ricotta (Delaware Valley University, USA) Part I: Organic Farming: A History 1. Profile: Alex Wenger, Organic Farmer The History of the "New" Organics Joseph Heckman (Rutgers University, USA) and Mark Keating (Independent Scholar) 2. Profile: Leigh Bush, Food Anthropologist Traditional Intensive Organic Farming E.N. Anderson (University of California, Riverside, USA) 3. Profile: Chef Steven Eckerd Organics and the Environmental Movement Kathleen Delate (Iowa State University, USA) and Robert Turnbull (Iowa State University, USA) Part II: Organics in Practice 4. Profile: Alex Wenger, Organic Farmer The Agronomics of Organic Farming Jacqueline A. Ricotta (Delaware Valley University, USA) 5.


Profile: Alex Wenger, Organic Farmer The Organic Dairy Industry: How Markets, Standards, and Technology Lead to Changes on the Farm and Throughout the Supply Chain Adam Diamond (American University, USA) 6. Profile: Leigh Bush, Food Anthropologist Going Organic: A Critical Analysis of the Potential for Organic Farming in Ethiopia Bernhard Freyer (The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria) and Jim Bingen (Michigan State University, USA) 7. Profile: Erika Tapp, a Concerned Consumer Organic in the Global North: A Revival of Organic Ethics for a More Sustainable Food System Milena Klimek, Valentin Fiala, Bernhard Freyer (The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria), and Jim Bingen (Michigan State University, USA) 8. Profile: Erika Tapp, Concerned Consumer Consumers, Citizens, and the Participatory Processes on Organic Food: Two Case Studies from Denmark Niels Heine Kristensen (Independent Scholar) (Roskilde University , Denmark) and Mette Weinreich Hansen (Aalborg University Copenhagen, Denmark) Part III: Organic Food Values: Sustainability and Social Movements 9. Profile: Leigh Bush, Food Anthropologist Farming for Food or Farming for Profits? Paul Durrenberger ( Independent Scholar ) (Sustainable Iowa Land Trust, USA) and Suzan Erem (Independent Scholar) (Sustainable Iowa Land Trust, USA) 10. Profile: Erika Tapp, Concerned Consumer Health Consequences and Perceptions of Organic Foods: A Synthesis of the Scientific Evidence Preety Gadhoke (St. John's University, USA) and Barrett P. Brenton (St.


John's University, USA) 11. Profile: Erika Tapp, Concerned Consumer Can Organic Farming Feed the World? Janet Chrzan (University of Pennsylvania, USA) 12. Profile: Leigh Bush, Food Anthropologist The Transcendental Meanings of Organic Food Richard H. Robbins (SUNY Plattsburgh, USA) Part IV: Organic Food Systems: Choice and Culture 13. Profile: Chef Steven Eckerd Institutionalizing Organics: A Practical Consideration of Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Foods in Noncommercial Foodservice and (note: move to end of line above)Foodservice Education Jonathan Deutsch (Drexel University, USA) and Budd Cohen (Independent Scholar) (Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, USA) 14. Profile: Alex Wenger, Organic Farmer Marketing Organic Food in the United States Christina Callicott (University of Florida, USA) and Catherine M. Tucker (University of Florida, USA) 15. Profile: Chef Steven Eckerd Is There Really a Difference between Conventional, Organic, and GMO? John T.


Lang (Occidental College, USA) 16. ConclusionE. N. Anderson, Jacqueline Ricotta, and Janet ChrzanIndex.


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