Chase, Lisa,

Food, farms, and community : exploring food systems / Lisa Chase and Vern Grubinger. - 288 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to food systems -- Local food systems -- The business of food and farming -- Values in food systems -- The agricultural workforce -- Farming and the environment -- Climate change and agriculture -- Energy, food, and farms -- Access to healthy food -- Farm to school -- Agritourism and on-farm marketing -- Food safety from farm to fork -- The next generation of farmers -- Maintaining farms and farmland for the future -- Improving food systems.

9781611684216 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781611686876 (ebook)

2014035951


Food supply.
Food security.

HD9000.5 / .C488 2014

338.1/9

HD9000.5 / .C43 2014