Food Policy in the United States

An Introduction

Parke Wilde (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2013
Earthscan Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84971-428-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This book offers a broad introduction to food policies in the United States. Real-world controversies and debates motivate the book’s attention to economic principles, policy analysis, nutrition science and contemporary data sources. It assumes that the reader's concern is not just the economic interests of farmers, but also includes nutrition, sustainable agriculture, the environment and food security. The book’s goal is to make US food policy more comprehensible to those inside and outside the agri-food sector whose interests and aspirations have been ignored.


The chapters cover US agriculture, food production and the environment, international agricultural trade, food and beverage manufacturing, food retail and restaurants, food safety, dietary guidance, food labeling, advertising and federal food assistance programs for the poor.


The author is an agricultural economist with many years of experience in the non-profit advocacy sector, the US Department of Agriculture and as a professor at Tufts University. The author's well-known blog on US food policy provides a forum for discussion and debate of the issues set out in the book.

Autor

Parke Wilde is Associate Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, USA. He has a PhD in Agricultural Economics from Cornell University. He is past chair of the Food Safety and Nutrition Section of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association and current member of the Food Forum of the Institute of Medicine. Previously, he worked for the Community Nutrition Institute and for USDA's Economic Research Service. Since 2004 he has run a highly-respected blog, 'US Food Policy: a Public Interest Perspective'.

Inhalt

1. Making Food Policy in the United States


2. Agriculture


3. Food Production and the Environment


4. Food and Agricultural Trade


5. Food Manufacturing


6. Food Retailing and Restaurants


7. Food Safety


8. Dietary Guidance and Health


9. Food Labelling and Advertising


10. Hunger and Food Insecurity


11. Nutrition Assistance Programs for Children


12. Postscript - Looking Forward

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.5.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Earthscan Food and Agriculture
• Zusatzinfo: 46 Line drawings, black and white; 29 Tables, black and white; 75 Illustrations, black and white
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 174 x 246 mm
• Gewicht: 650 g
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• ISBN-10: 1-84971-428-2 / 1849714282
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84971-428-0 / 9781849714280
• Zustand: Neuware