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Addresses broad themes of food systems and people, agriculture and the environment, the science of agriculture, agricultural products, and agricultural production systems are covered in more than 200 separate chapters of this work.
Urban food mapping nvestigates the spatial relationships, gaps, scales and systems that underlie and generate what, where and how we eat, highlighting current and potential ways to (re)connect with our diet, ourselves and our environments.
A comprehensive and engaging textbook that offers students an overview of today's US food system, with particular focus on the food system's interrelationships with public health, the environment, equity, and society.
Details how and why an urban community turned vacant land into community gardens, and the struggles they encountered.
A toolkit of 6 regenerative food growing systems which have been tried and tested. These can help farmers and growers transform industrial food production systems into resilient, biodiverse, carbon negative, productive farms and bring about an agroecological revolution.
Sbicca tells the stories of three California-based food movement organizations and discusses national campaigns and the need for economically and racially just food policies.
Explores sustainable agriculture and its relationship to climate change, also examines food security and water management.
Interviews with women CEOs, venture capitalists, scientists, and trailblazers, across continents and backgrounds, who are reinventing our food system and saving the planet.
Soul food has played a critical role in preserving Black history but it also is a response to centuries of food injustice. Given the harm that our food production system inflicts upon Black people, what should soul food look like today?
An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn't working and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies and family histories from Latin American women and land protectors.
A compilation of the new manifestations of global food security and visualizes the main challenges having a negative impact on food security and ways to confront them.
An expansive look at how history has been shaped by humanity's appetite for food, farmland, and the money behind it all--and how a better future is within reach.
Considers local and global foods, and food deserts; investigates food processing, packaging, and storage; explores transportation networks that connect farm to plate; and explains how food can be tracked using sensors.
The debate over genetically modified organisms: health and safety concerns, environmental impact, and scientific opinions.
Informative essays on how to advocate for food systems that are healthier for people and the planet, moving from the politics of personal dietary choices, to community food issues, and finally to matters that affect global food systems.
A comprehensive resource to sustainability and its application to the environmental, industrial, agricultural and food security sectors Explores the fundamentals as well as the key concepts of sustainability.
Offering a truly planetary perspective, experts plot a map towards food for all, food for sustainable growth, food for health, and food for culture.
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The CCSF community has access to many ebooks and evideos via our subscriptions. Want to learn more about using and finding ebooks for research? We have a video showing how to do just that.
eBooks & eVideos on technology, digital media, math and science, engineering and business.
A multidisciplinary library of high-quality e-books.
On the left side of the screen find the Filter My Results options--Check "Available Online" under "Availability" and "Books" under "Resource Type." 
On the left side of the screen find the Filter My Results options--Check "Available on Campus" under "Availability" and "Books" under "Resource Type."