Description: Food Policy in the United States : An Introduction, Paperback by Wilde, Parke, ISBN 1138204005, ISBN-13 9781138204003, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK This new edition offers a timely update to the leading textbook dedicated to all aspects of . food policy. The update accounts for experience with policy changes in the 2014 Farm Bill and prospects for the next Farm Bill, the publication of the 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the removal of Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status for trans fats, the collapse of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) treaty, stalled child nutrition reauthorization legislation, reforms in food-labeling policy, the consequences of the 2016 presidential election and many other developments. The second edition offers greater attention both to food justice issues and to economic methods, including extensive economics appendices in a new online Companion Website. As with the first edition, real-world controversies and debates motivate th’s attention to economic principles, policy analysis, nutrition science and contemporary data sources. Th assumes that the reader's concern is not just the economic interests of farmers and food producers but also includes nutrition, sustainable agriculture, food justice, the environment and food security. The goal is to make . food policy more comprehensible to those inside and outside the agri-food sector whose interests and aspirations have been ignored. The chapters cover . agriculture, food production and the environment, international agricultural trade, food and beverage manufacturing, food retail and restaurants, food safety, dietary guidance, food labeling, advertising and federal food assistance programs for the poor. The author is an agricultural economist with many years of experience in the nonprofit advocacy sector, the . Department of Agriculture and as a professor at Tufts University. The author's blog on . food policy provides a forum for discussion and debate of the issues set out in th.
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Book Title: Food Policy in the United States : An Introduction
Number of Pages: 262 Pages
Publication Name: Food Policy in the United States: an Introduction
Language: English
Publisher: Taylor & Francis LTD
Item Height: 246 mm
Subject: Business
Publication Year: 2018
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 458 g
Author: Parke Wilde
Item Width: 174 mm
Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture
Format: Paperback
