ISBN9781118063385 (paperback)
1118063384 (paperback)
Alternative TitleIntroduction to the U.S. food system
Note (General)Machine generated contents note: I. KEY PARADIGMS 1: An Orientation to Food Systems 2: Epidemiology and the Study of Food Systems 3: Equity, Justice, Environmental Impacts, Nutrition, and Food Security 4: Health Disparities and Food Systems II. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, DISTRIBUTION & MARKETING 5: Crop Production 6: Food Animal Production 7: Ecological Threats to and Pressures on Food Systems 8: Policy Affecting Food Production (U.S.) 9: Food Safety and Foodborne Illness 10: Food Processing and Marketing 11: Food Distribution III. WHAT WE DO & DON'T EAT, AND HEALTH IMPACTS 12: Food Consumption and Overconsumption 13: Food Security 14: Food Environments 15: Food, Culture, Society 16: Changing Eating Patterns 17: Community Food Security IV. TOWARD A HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM 18: Moving Forward.
Note (Bibliography)Includes bibliographical references and index.