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"Daniel Imhoffs recently-published The Farm Bill: A Citizens Guide [is] a welcome and much-needed source for translating farm bill legalese....[it is] a thorough and navigable history of the farm bill...[that] hands readers the tools to take action." Foodprint "Dan Imhoff does an extr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Imhoff, Dan (Autor)
Otros Autores: Badaracco, Christina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C : Island Press, 2019.
Temas:
Food supply > United States.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > United States.
Agricultural subsidies > Law and legislation > United States.
Food law and legislation > United States.
Food industry and trade > United States.
Nutrition policy > United States.
Agriculture > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Politique alimentaire > États-Unis.
Aliments > Approvisionnement > États-Unis.
Agricultural subsidies > Law and legislation
Agriculture > Economic aspects
Food industry and trade
Food law and legislation
Food supply
Nutrition policy
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • PART I. Farm Bill Basics
  • What is the Farm Bill?- Why Does the Farm Bill Matter?- Whom Does the Farm Bill Benefit?- How Does the Farm Bill Work?- PART II. The History of Food Policy
  • Origins of the Farm Bill
  • The Changing Face of Agriculture
  • The Changing Face of Hunger
  • The Conservation Era
  • PART III. Key Policy Issues
  • Crop Subsidies
  • Nutrition, SNAP, and Healthy Eating
  • Agribusiness versus Family Farmers
  • Job creation
  • Trade
  • An Alternative System
  • PART IV. Reforming the Farm Bill
  • Opportunities for Change
  • Public Health
  • Food Security
  • Ethanol
  • Energy and Climate Change
  • Conservation
  • National Security
  • PART V. The Future of Food Policy
  • Ecosystem-Based Agriculture
  • Local FoodChapter 24. A Citizen's Farm Bill
  • Twenty-Five Solutions
  • A Vision of Sustainable Food
  • Appendix: Activist Tool Kits
  • Glossary
  • Select Bibliography
  • Notes.

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