food supply

This young readers adaptation of Pollan's famous food-chain exploration encourages kids to consider the personal and global health implications of their food choices.

Food chains are incredible and delicate systems that show how energy flows through an ecosystem. This title explains what a food chain is and the major players in it, like producers, consumers, and decomposers. The book is complete with colorful photographs and clear and informative photo diagrams and text. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.

This title shows how the many food chains in an ecosystem come together and overlap to create food webs. This title explains what a food chain and food web is and the major players that make them, like producers, consumers, and decomposers.

"To mark the birth of the seven billionth citizen of planet Earth in 2011, National Geographic magazine commissioned seven articles that explore the issues of demographics, food security, climate change, fertility trends, and managing biodiversity."--Provided by publisher.

Discusses a number of food-related problems, including how food insecure nations from Africa export much of its produce to the West and the carbon footprints of live stock producers.

Discusses the potential for a global food crisis and the possibility of future wars fought over agricultural resources.

"The world population continues to grow, and sources of food that we have come to depend on are increasingly threatened by climate change. Some people fear that there may come a time when there simply will not be enough food to support the earth's human population. However, scientists have been hard at work developing new technologies and techniques to optimize food production and ensure that the food system will be sustainable for years to come. This volume looks at controversial topics related to the science of food, including genetically modified (GM) crops, processed foods, and the quest to find foods that have less of a negative environmental impact"--Provided by publisher.

A smog has spread. Food crops are rapidly disappearing. A chef escapes her dying career in a dreary city to take a job at a decadent mountaintop colony seemingly free of the world's troubles. There, the sky is clear again. Rare ingredients abound. Her enigmatic employer and his visionary daughter have built a lush new life for the global elite, one that reawakens the chef to the pleasures of taste, touch, and her own body. In this atmosphere of hidden wonders and cool, seductive violence, the chef's boundaries undergo a thrilling erosion. Soon she is pushed to the center of a startling attempt to reshape the world far beyond the plate.

"Set in the African highlands and told from three different animals' points of view . . . Bravelands faces its final test. As water dwindles and food becomes scarce, Whisper the water buffalo must embrace a strength she never knew. Stride the cheetah embarks on a dangerous journey--a final attempt to bring rain to Bravelands. But the quest will lead him into the underworld of spirits, where his most fearsome enemy awaits. And Breathstealer the hyena faces a choice. The Great Devourer pours poison in her ear, promising strength and survival for her and her entire clan. But his plans would send her down a dark path of no return. Can Bravelands come together to vanquish this great evil? Or will their home be torn apart?"--Provided by publisher.

Tells the story of John van Hengel who started the world's first food bank in 1967 in Arizona and went on to create a network of food banks through Feeding America.