food industry and trade

Text and illustrations help children learn fractions, decimals, and percents in the food industry.

Investigates the concept of flavor and examines how our sense of taste has evolved.

"[Presents] information about ... food safety issues ... [Serves as a] reference for anyone interested in avoiding foodborne disease or understanding how food safety standards could be improved"--Provided by publisher.

"...shows how methods of growing, using, and delivering food--one of the most vital resources to humans--have developed and changed throughout time..."--Provided by publisher.

"Investigates the journey from the farm to the fridge, and it provides information about what you can do to keep your food as safe as possible."--Publisher.

Explores food additives.

A look at fast food, what's in it, how it's made, and what it does to our bodies.

Explores questions surrounding how we prepare and eat our food. Discusses genetically modified foods, regulation of the food industry, benefits and concerns of food technology, and what to expect in the future.

Explores where chocolate comes from, how it is made and discusses how fair trade helps people around the world achieve better working conditions and fair prices for growing chocolate and other products such as bananas, tea, peanuts, sugar and honey.

Uses color illustrations to look at various facts about food.