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019596
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London, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014.
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xv, 426pGreen spine
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Farm animals have been disappearing from our fields as the production of food has become a global industry. We no longer know for certain what is entering the food chain and what we are eating - as the UK horsemeat scandal demonstrated. We are reaching a tipping point as the farming revolution threatens our countryside, health and the quality of our food wherever we live in the world. * Our health is under threat: half of all antibiotics used worldwide (rising to 80 per cent in US) are routinely given to industrially farmed animals, contributing to the emergence of deadly antibiotic-resistant superbugs * Wildlife is being systematically destroyed: bees are now trucked across the States (and even airfreighted from Australia) to pollinate the fruit trees in the vast orchards of California, where a chemical assault has decimated the wild insect population * Fresh fish are being hoovered from the oceans: fish that could feed local populations are being turned into fishmeal for farmed fish, chickens and pigs thousands of miles away * Cereals that could feed billions of people are being given to animals: soya and grain that could nourish the world's poorest, are now grown increasingly as animal fodder * Epidemic waste underpins the mega-farming model: while food prices rocket, surplus food is thrown away Farmageddon is a fascinating and terrifying investigative journey behind the closed doors of a runaway industry across the world - from the UK, Europe and the USA, to China, Argentina, Peru and Mexico. It is both a wake-up call to change our current food production and eating practices and an attempt to find a way to a better farming future.
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9781408857076 Pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
I01616 | 636.0883/LYM | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
022092
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London, Raintree Publishers, 2013.
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64pGreen Spine
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The impact of environmentalism
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Discusses the impact of environmentalism on agriculture and the food industry, including the fair trade movement, organic farming, and crop rotation.
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Thinking about food sourecs
What is environmentalism?
Modernization of farming
The impact of farming
The 'greening' of farming
The food industry
Feast and famine
Looking into the future
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9781406238594 Hb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
020562 | 338.1/GRE | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
002403
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Great Britain, Evans Brothers Ltd., 1999.
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96pBlack spine
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Introduces young people to the environmental challenges that await us in the 21st century, and what action government and young people, are taking to address the problems we face.
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Atmosphere
Freshwater
Marine and Coastal Areas
Land and Food
Forests
Biodiversity
Urbanisation
Polar regions
Pull the Strings!
...and Action!
If We Ruled the World
Emerging Issues
What Scientists Say
What Others Think
What You Can Do
Eco Times
How Green Are You?
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0237521199 Pb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
004269 | 363.73874/WOO | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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