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Environmental Studies

Topics

The following food-related topics are frequently debated from an environmental perspective:

farming
agriculture
genetically modified food (GMO)
farm subsidies
monocrops
organic food
organic farming
"beyond organic"
sustainable agriculture
labeling

Internet

Agricola
The National Agriculture Library Catalog.

Center on Food Security and the Environment
Food security resources from Stanford University
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The goal of the FAO is to achieving food security for all, "raise levels of nutrition, improve agricultural productivity, better the lives of rural populations and contribute to the growth of the world economy."
Food Desert Locator
A food desert is an area in the industrialized world where there is limited access to affordable, nutritional food. From the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
House Committee on Agriculture
Find information on the Farm Bill and other agricultural legislation.
GM Crop Database
Find information on genetically modified crops. From the Center for Environmental Risk Assessment.

Media

Food, Inc. [videorecording] by Kenner, Robert
Call Number: DVD NO.2740

Publication Date: 2009
Future of food [videorecording] by Garcia, Deborah Koons
Call Number: DVD NO.2155

Publication Date: 2007

Print and Electronic Books

Unsettling of America : culture & agriculture by Berry, Wendell
Call Number: HD1761.B47

Publication Date: 1977
Genetically Modified Crops by G. H. Liang; D. Z. Skinner
Call Number: SB123.57 .G479 2004

Publication Date: 2004-09-21
Food Politics by Marion Nestle; Michael Pollan (Foreword by)
Call Number: TX360.U6 N47 2013
Omnivore's dilemma : a natural history of four meals by Pollan, Michael
Call Number: GT2850 .P65 2006

Publication Date: 2006
Politics of food : the global conflict between food security and food sovereignty by Schanbacher, William D.
Call Number: HD9000.6 .S33 2010

Publication Date: 2010

Additional LibGuides

Food, Nutrition and Dietetic Resources
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Subjects: Earth, Environmental, and Sustainability Science

Tags: earth science, ecology, environment

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