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• Local food prohibition

  From:Alternatives Journal (Vol. 38, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  January-February 2012112 words Brief article 1750LA MAJOR component of all food strategies is the procurement of local food for use in the public sector, such as in schools, hospitals, universities and government cafeterias. This practice would go a long way in helping...

• Where's the fish? The bounty of Canada's freshwater and ocean catch is missing from the country's local food movement

  Authors:Kristen Lowitt, Mike Nagy, Nelson Connie, and Dean BavingtonFrom:Alternatives Journal (Vol. 39, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  July-August 20132,685 words Article 1400LLOCAL FOOD has taken off. From coast to coast to coast, the Canadian food landscape is changing. Within local communities, alternatives to entrenched supply-chain strategies are thriving, such as farmers' markets,...

• Victory is a question of stamina send--the wheat meat-fats-sugar the fuel for fighters: United States Food Administration

  Author:Harry L. WatsonFrom:Southern Cultures (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Summer 20121,536 words Article 1530LWill Sexton's "Boomtown Rabbits" reveals a World War I-era call for Chatham County, famous for its juicy rabbits, to open its own "rabbit canning factory" as "a splendid war measure in the conservation of food." U.S....

• The second round of letters on the topic suggests I stirred up some passions when I ventured criticisms of back-to-nature foodie localism

  Author:R.R. RenoFrom:First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life (Issue 243)

  May 2014112 words Brief article 820LThe second round of letters on the topic suggests I stirred up some passions when I ventured criticisms of back-to-nature foodie localism. I remain skeptical of food moralism and dislike its pharisaical mentality. But...

• A call for polycultural arguments: critiquing the monoculture rhetoric of the local food movement

  Author:Jessica M. ProdyFrom:Argumentation and Advocacy (Vol. 50, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Fall 20139,534 words Article 1450LThrough an analysis o/Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, No Impact Man, and Deep Economy, this essay examines how local food movement arguments reinforce a monoculture identity for the movement. Analyzing movement rhetoric for...

• Potentially Toxic Elements and Health Risk Assessment in Farmland Systems around High-Concentrated Arsenic Coal Mining in Xingren, China

  Authors:Ying-ju Li, Zhi-kang Wang, Fan-xin Qin, Zhi-qing Fang, Xin-li Li, and Gang LiFrom:Journal of Chemistry (Vol. 2018) Peer-Reviewed

  Annual 20186,600 words Article 1440LThe health risk of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) via contamination of the food chain has attracted widespread concern. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of PTEs in environment and human body...

• Course watch: healthy and eco-friendly living

  From:Diverse Issues in Higher Education (Vol. 26, Issue 6)

  Apr. 30, 200962 words Brief article Along the same lines as first lady Michelle Obama s efforts to plant a White House vegetable garden to promote healthy eating and eco-friendly living, Alfred University (N.Y.) offered a course this semester titled...

• California's agritourism operations expand despite facing regulatory challenges.

  Authors:Shermain Hardesty and Penny LeffFrom:California Agriculture (Vol. 74, Issue 03) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20202,253 words Article 1360LAuthor(s): Shermain Hardesty, UC Davis, Penny Leff, UC ANR Growing interest in locally produced foods has bolstered demand for agritourism in the United States, Canada and Europe (Barbieri 2013). Many agritourism...

• Climate-driven interannual variability of water scarcity in food production potential: a global analysis

  Authors:M. Kummu, D. Gerten, J. Heinke, M. Konzmann, and O. VarisFrom:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 5, 201431 words Brief article Byline: M. Kummu, D. Gerten, J. Heinke, M. Konzmann, O. Varis To access, purchase, authenticate, or subscribe to the full-text of this article, please visit this link:...

• Associations between the local food environment and the severity of food insecurity among new families using community food security interventions in Montreal

  Authors:Elsury Perez, Federico Roncarolo, and Louise PotvinFrom:Canadian Journal of Public Health (Vol. 108, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  January-February 20175,324 words Report 1620LOBJECTIVES: To examine the association between the local food environment and the severity of food insecurity among new families using community food security interventions in Montreal. METHODS: In this...

• Direct Measurement of Perchlorate Exposure Biomarkers in a Highly Exposed Population: A Pilot Study

  Authors:Paul English, Ben Blount, Michelle Wong, Lori Copan, Luis Olmedo, Sharyle Patton, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 6, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 4, 20115,203 words Report 1460LExposure to perchlorate is ubiquitous in the United States and has been found to be widespread in food and drinking water. People living in the lower Colorado River region may have perchlorate exposure because of...

• Are Women Who Work in Bars, Guesthouses and Similar Facilities a Suitable Study Population for Vaginal Microbicide Trials in Africa?

  Authors:Andrew Vallely, Ian R. Hambleton, Stella Kasindi, Louise Knight, Suzanna C. Francis, Tobias Chirwa, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 5, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 14, 20106,002 words Article 1630LBackground A feasibility study was conducted to investigate whether an occupational at-risk cohort of women in Mwanza, Tanzania are a suitable study population for future phase III vaginal microbicide trials....

• Linking food to health, the economy and the environment will bring about the fundamental changes needed to fix Ontario's "broken" food system

  Author:Nicola RossFrom:Alternatives Journal (Vol. 37, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  March-April 20111,566 words Article 1400LAT THE Spirit Tree Estate Cidery, Tom Wilson and Nicole Judge are intent on answering customers' questions. Their infant son sits on the sales counter resting against his mother as if he's spent his life in this pose....

• Local color: whether you shop at the farmers market or in your supermarket's produce aisle, the buzz right now is all about eating what's grown nearby. Turns out, local food makes good nutritional sense, too

  Author:Tracey NeithercottFrom:Diabetes Forecast (Vol. 61, Issue 6)

  June 20081,406 words Article 1190LThe greatest testament to the importance of eating locally can be found in a tomato Bite into a good one, picked straight from the vine, and you may not recognize the tangy sweetness. That's the flavor that comes...

• Seasonal Trophic Niche Shift and Cascading Effect of a Generalist Predator Fish

  Authors:Jun Xu, Zhourui Wen, Zhijun Gong, Min Zhang, Ping Xie, and Lars-Anders HanssonFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 14, 20126,333 words Article 1590LAuthor(s): Jun Xu 1 , * , Zhourui Wen 2 , Zhijun Gong 3 , Min Zhang 4 , Ping Xie 1 , * , Lars-Anders Hansson 5 Introduction Foraging behavior is strongly modulated by spatio-temporal variations in food...

• Hogs and higher education

  From:University Business (Vol. 12, Issue 3)

  Mar. 2009257 words Brief article 1630LADDING TO OUR LOOK AT SOME OF THE CONTINUING MYTHS and failed promises in the sustainability movement, today we travel to the site of many early successes, the main campus dining room for green myth no. 2. (We have a...

• Dietary Sources and Nutrient Adequacy Potential of Local Foods among Children (6-23 Months) in Urban Slums of West Oromia (Ethiopia).

  Author:Wondu Garoma BerraFrom:Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism (Vol. 2020) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 3, 20209,340 words Survey 1570LBackground. Identifying the combination of local foods that optimize nutrient intake is challenging. This study addressed how local foods could be rationally combined to provide basic nutritional needs, while limiting...

• Women's and Men's Work: The Production and Marketing of Fresh Food and Export Crops in Papua New Guinea

  Authors:George N. Curry, Gina Koczberski, and Susan May InuFrom:Oceania (Vol. 89, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  July 201910,407 words Report 1530LFresh food markets have been a fixture of the social and economic landscape of urban and rural PNG since colonial times. They were often the first points of engagement with the market economy, especially for women, who...

• NeoNativeChefs.com

  Author:LeAnne HoweFrom:Prairie Schooner (Vol. 90, Issue 4)

  Winter 2016580 words Short story 1000LI've been ordering all kinds of guilty pleasures for Thanksgiving Day: exotic cinnamon from Vietnam, coffee blends from Kenya, breads made with smoked sea salts from France; they're all the rage in Indian Country. I'm...

• From the ground up: farming initiatives in small-town and urban communities teach residents to combat their lack of healthy food resources by growing their own nutritious produce

  Author:Katti GrayFrom:Diverse Issues in Higher Education (Vol. 27, Issue 10)

  June 24, 20101,639 words Article Just weeks after the three crop-yielding hoop greenhouses went up on the side of one of Northeast Baltimore's battered, but still striving, Black high schools, vandals struck. "A troubled kid. Somebody who probably...