Cornucopia
Understanding Health through Understanding Agriculture
Cornucopia explores the health and economic implications of U.S. farm policy. Using a corn farm in rural South Dakota as his starting point, Johnson reviews the history of agricultural policies in America to understand how large-scale, industrial agriculture came to play such a large role in U.S. and world food production. He also discusses the role of agricultural policies in the on-going food for fuel debate, as well as the linkages between agricultural outputs and health outcomes. As the U.S. battles with a burgeoning epidemic of dietary disease - including some of the highest rates of obesity, diabetes, and hypertension in the developed w…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7618-5597-2
- EAN: 9780761855972
- Produktnummer: 22999900
- Verlag: Hamilton Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 84 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'941 KB
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By D. Patrick Johnson
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