food supply

Provides information about the world's food supply which is aimed at helping students determine fact from fiction in relation to possible global shortages, and includes suggestions on ways readers can be proactive in order to prevent such an occurrence.

"A journalist traces her 2009 immersion into the national food system to explore how working-class Americans can afford to eat as they should, describing how she worked as a farm laborer, Wal-Mart grocery clerk, and Applebee's expediter while living within the means of each job"--Provided by publisher.

"Learn how our food sources are closely linked to climate change and what we can do to help limit its affects"--Amazon.

"As humans continue to shape the environment through urbanization and increased industrialization, it will become more difficult to feed everyone, with the U.N. estimating that food production will need to increase by 70 percent if, as projected, the world population is around nine billion in 2050. This book explains how climate change and lack of water affect crops, making it difficult to feed people, especially in impoverished areas. Also discussed are potential solutions on how to grow and distribute food more efficiently and how to help farmers thrive"--Provided by publisher.

"How can eating better ourselves improve life for everyone on the planet? This . . . title combines images and infographics to help explain how choosing foods that don't have to be shipped long distances, don't add to world pollution, and are not in danger of running out helps to ensure the world's food supply. Close-up boxes and case studies illustrate . . . examples of topics such as soil protection, organic vs industrial farming, and overfishing"--Provided by publisher.

Looks at how children farm in developeing countries.

A discussion of food safety in the U.S., looking at the history and purpose of the two federal organizations that ensure the foods Americans eat are safe, including the Food and Drug Administration and the Food Safety and Inspection Service, and describing food scares, the clash between science and food, efforts to prevent foodborne illness, and advances in food safety.

"A history of the British Empire told through twenty meals eaten around the world In The Taste of Empire, acclaimed historian Lizzie Collingham tells the story of how the British Empire's quest for food shaped the modern world. Told through twenty meals over the course of 450 years, from the Far East to the New World, Collingham explains how Africans taught Americans how to grow rice, how the East India Company turned opium into tea, and how Americans became the best-fed people in the world"--Provided by publisher.

When news breaks of an ancient prophecy that predicts the world will run out of chocolate in six days, it is up to Jelly Welly and her Gran to prevent the chocopocalypse.

Simple text and photographs explain how food gets from farms to stores and describes the role of the community workers who make it all possible.