"This important book encourages readers to look to the past as well as the future by getting involved in their local food community. A wonderful addition to a range of collections." - Library Journal
"For students and general readers, Duram (geography and environmental resources, Southern Illinois U. Carbondale) offers an encyclopedia that contains about 140 entries by scholars, government experts, and activists on all aspects of organic food and farming, local food production and consumption, and sustainable food initiatives, including farmers markets, health issues, economic terms, organic big business, USDA organic standards, food labels, and organizations. Topics relate to activism, movements, and community aspects like animal welfare and vegetarian diets; agriculture subjects such as organic milk, bees, genetically engineered crops, pesticides, and water quality; animals, fish, and seafood; business and economic issues like cloning, fast food, and globalization; education; environmental issues; government agencies and policies; health; and theories and concepts like free trade." - Reference & Research Book News
"The encyclopedia is both easy to read and comprehend and well positioned costwise to compete in the public library market as well as providing great information for the undergraduate. Recommended for most libraries." - Booklist
"Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers." - Choice
"This informative guide is recommended for academic and public libraries." - Lawrence Looks at Books
"Recommended for high school, public, and undergraduate library collections." - Reference & User Services Quarterly
"… polished production, giving a good overview and taking a broad perspective to incorporate issues such as sustainability and local food." - Reference Reviews
Global sales of organic products topped $23 billion in 2008 and have been growing 20 to 25 percent annually for the past decade. This volume features 150 fascinating A-to-Z entries on all aspects of organic food, from agriculture and farm worker's rights to the political ecology of food and organic wine. More than 30 photographs depict current themes in sustainable farming and organic and local food, appendixes provide report summaries and recommendations, and a bibliography lists key references for further follow-up. The encyclopedia provides a historic chronology of the years 1860–2009, with more than 40 evolutionary events and the people and organizations involved with organic and local food. Each entry includes the expertise of nearly 75 contributors in the field, which brings a diverse and interdisciplinary perspective to the social concerns, economic trends, policy influences, and ecological terms of the subject. Durham (geography & environmental resources, Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale) is conducting research on local food networks in Ireland. BOTTOM LINE This important book encourages readers to look to the past as well as the future by getting involved in their local food community. A wonderful addition to a range of collections.—Kathleen A. Welton, Chicago
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Gastronomica
Gastronomica - Theodore Rend Barton
"Duram's Encyclopedia of Organic, Sustainable, and Local Food is a valuable collection for the green food movement. . . . The potential readership is large, and the book is appropriate for anyone interested in where our food comes from and the challenges that face modern agriculture."—Theodore Rend Barton, Gastronomica
— Theodore Rend Barton
