Shores, Erika L.
Summary: How did the bananas on your breakfast cereal get to your local grocery store? This book explains how food gets from farms to stores and describes the role of the community workers who make it all possible.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone Imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 641.3 ShoHartman, Ben
Summary: To many people today, using the words factory and farm in the same sentence is nothing short of sacrilege. In many cases, though, the same sound business practices apply whether you are producing cars or carrots. Author Ben Hartman and other young farmers are increasingly finding that incorporating the best new ideas from business into their farming can drastically cut their wastes and increase...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2015
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Summary: Investigating hog manure pollution was hardly the glamorous assignment Nicolette Hahn Niman pictured when going to work for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in New York. But her odyssey into the inner workings of the "factory farm" industry transformed her into an intrepid environmental lawyer who goes up against the big-business farming establishment. Niman uncovers shocking practices, including...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Collins Living 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.08 NIMMarzluff, John M.
Summary: An ornithologist's personal look at farming practices that finds practical solutions for sustainable food production compatible with bird and wildlife conservation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577.55 MARMcSweeney, James
Summary: Composting at scales large enough to capture and recycle the organic wastes of a given community, whether a school, neighborhood, or even a small city, is coming of age, propelled by a growing awareness not only of our food waste crisis, but also the need to restore natural fertility in our soils. In-depth yet accessible, Community-Scale Composting Systems is a technical resource for farmers,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 631.8 MCSDaly, Herman E.
Contents: Economics as an academic discipline -- The fallacy of misplaced concreteness in economics and other disciplines -- Misplaced concreteness: the market -- Misplaced concreteness: measuring economic success -- Misplaced concreteness: homo economicus -- Misplaced concreteness: land -- New beginnings -- From academic discipline to thought in service of community -- From chrematistics to Oikonomia --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.9 DALFaruqi, Sonia.
Summary: Traces the author's covert and sometimes life-risking tour of animal farms throughout the world to expose animal cruelty and identify ways to farm compassionately while promoting human health, economics, and environmental consciousness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363 FARFleisher, Paul.
Summary: This book describes lake and pond food webs covering the plants, plant eaters, meat eaters, and the decomposers that break down dead plants and animals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Co. 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.63 FLEHohman, Cletus.
Contents: Henry Ford, farmer's son -- Doodlebugs, thunder buggies, and puddle jumpers -- The revolutionary Fordson -- The little tractor that could -- The refined Ford 8N -- Farmyard hot rods -- Carrying on the tradition in England -- The world tractor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 2004
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "For the first time in print, rich, provocative first-hand stories of life in the Bronx in the twentieth century. In Bronx Faces and Voices, sixteen men and women tell their personal, uncensored stories of the New York City borough--before, during, and after the troubled years of arson, crime, abandonment, and flight in the 1970s and 1980s. The voices in this volume are as eclectic as the Bronx...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Texas Tech University Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974 BROAckerman-Leist, Philip
Summary: Droves of people have turned to local food as a way to retreat from our broken industrial food system. From rural outposts to city streets, they are sowing, growing, selling, and eating food produced close to home--and they are crying out for agricultural reform. All this has made "local food" into everything form a movement buzzword to the newest darling of food trendsters. But now it's time...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Post Carbon Institute 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.19 ACKLanier, Karen
Summary: With females as one of the fastest growing sectors of the hobby-farming community, the time is right for practical advice and guidance from women to women. Written by naturalist, gardener, and farmer-in-training Karne Lanier, this insightful volume provides inspiration and direction for fellow females with agricultural aspirations. The Woman Hobby Farmer packs a lot of wisdom and experience...
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Publisher / Publication Date: CompanionHouse Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 630 LANWeaver, Sue.
Contents: Meet the llama -- Buying a llama and bringing it home -- Working with llamas and alpacas -- Feeding llamas and alpacas -- Housing llamas and alpacas -- Llamas and alpacas in sickness and in health -- Breeding llamas -- More great llama activities -- Making money with llamas and alpacas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hobby Farm Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.2 WEANestle, Marion.
Summary: Synopsis: How does the food industry influence what we eat and, therefore, our health? What are the food industry's marketing methods and what is its relationship to the political system? What can be said about its use of political power to achieve profit goals? A bold, unprecedented behind-the-scenes expose of one of America's biggest and most powerful industries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.85 NESMaynard, Micheline
Summary: "From an accomplished national journalist, a lively look at the inception, growth, future, and unique management style of Zingerman's-a beloved, $70 million-dollar Michigan-based specialty food store with global reach. Certain businesses are legendary, exerting immense influence in their field. Zingerman's in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is one of those places. Over the years the flagship deli has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.4 MAYCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Misc MaynardRissman, Rebecca
Summary: "Processed Foods helps readers trace the history of food processing, explore the science behind it, understand why we process food, and discuss controversies from an objective viewpoint. The title will engage readers on the topic and help them to weigh the pros and cons as they make their own food decisions."--Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: 664 RISWolfert, Paula.
Summary: Since it was first published in 1973, Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco has established itself as the classic work on one of the world’s great cuisines, and in 2008 it was inducted into the James Beard Cookbook Hall of Fame. From the magnificent bisteeyas (enormous, delicate pies composed of tissue-thin, buttery layers of pastry and various fillings) to endless varieties of couscous,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.596 WOLJohanson, Paula.
Summary: This book describes how processed foods get to the point that they are no longer healthy, natural food and how foods that are deep-fried put extra calories into human bodies that become obese and have health problems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Central 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 642 JOHNestle, Marion.
Summary: "Marion Nestle, author of the critically acclaimed Food Politics, argues that ensuring safe food involves more than washing hands or cooking food to higher temperatures. It involves politics. When it comes to food safety, billions of dollars are at stake, and industry, government, and consumers collide over issues of values, economics, and political power--and not always in the public interest....
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.8 NESMcLaughlin, Chris
Summary: "What makes a garden good? For Chris McLaughlin, it's about growing the healthiest, most scrumptious fruits and veggies possible, but it's also about giving back. How can your little patch of Earth become a sanctuary for threatened wildlife, sequester carbon, and nurture native plants?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 MCLContents: Bake a book and they will come / by Iona R. Malanchuk -- Establishing a library docent program / by Mary H. Nino -- Friends in need : involving friends of the library in community outreach programs / by Vera Gubnitskaia -- Lifesaving library outreach / by Felicia A. Smith -- Planning a library anniversary celebration / by Mary H. Nino -- Reading matters in mentor : library services at the pools...
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Library Association 2010
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1 available in Reference Desk, Call number: RDK 021.2 LIBMorison, S. D.
Summary: "Growing crops, raising animals, and building barns may sound like a lot of work to many. But to fans of Minecraft, it's a lot of fun! Gamers are able to build and run a farm within the confines of the game-and this book is here to help them do it even better! Including tips and tricks on using building materials and illustrations to show how construction might go, the Minecraft information is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 794.8 MORHauter, Wenonah.
Summary: Through meticulous research, Hauter presents a shocking account of how agricultural policy has been hijacked by lobbyists, driving out independent farmers and food processors in favor of the likes of Cargill, Tyson, Kraft, and ConAgra. She demonstrates how the impacts ripple far and wide, from economic stagnation in rural communities at home, to famines in poor countries overseas. In the end,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 2012