Biting the Hands that Feed Us How Fewer, Smarter Laws Would Make Our Food System More Sustainable /

Food waste, hunger, inhumane livestock conditions, disappearing fish stocks-these are exactly the kind of issues we expect food regulations to combat. Yet, today in the United States, laws exist at all levels of government that actually make these problems worse. The author argues that, too often, g...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Linnekin, Baylen J. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Temas:
Environment.
Agriculture.
Environmental policy.
Political planning.
Environmental Sciences.
Environmental Policy.
Public Policy.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo

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505 0 |a Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Unsafe at Any Feed -- 2. "Big Food" Bigger Thanks to "Big Government" -- 3. Wasting Your Money, Wasting Food -- 4. I Say "Tomato," You Say "No" -- 5: There Are Good Food Rules -- Conclusion. 
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