FEATURE
Author: Lester R. Brown
A pioneer of the concept of sustainable development, Brown's extensive body of research focuses on the tensions between feeding the world's population and the health of the environment.
Explore research on the issue of agriculture and food produced by social sector organizations concerned with the development and improvement of food resources and the natural, commercial, and industrial systems that produce them. Topics include sustainable agriculture, livestock, poultry management, sustainable fisheries, regulation of the fishing industry, the “farm to table” movement and more.
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TITLES RECENTLY PUBLISHED
The ‘presentist bias’ in time-series data: Implications for fisheries science and policy
Feb 3, 2018
Publisher(s): Marine Policy
Tangled and drowned: a global review of penguin bycatch in fisheries
Nov 30, 2017
Publisher(s): Endangered Species Research
Adding Racial Equity to the Menu: An Equity Toolkit for Restaurant Employers
Nov 1, 2017
Publisher(s): Center for Social Inclusion ; Race Forward
DATA MATTERS WHO ARE THE ILLINOISANS LIKELY TO LOSE FOOD ASSISTANCE IN 2018?
Jul 20, 2017
Publisher(s): Social IMPACT Research Center
'Retired' Sensitive Cropland: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow?
Jun 8, 2017
Publisher(s): Environmental Working Group
TITLES FROM THE ARCHIVES
Syngenta -- The Genome Giant?
Jan 1, 2005
Publisher(s): Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration
Seed Industry Concentration - 2005
Sep 1, 2005
Publisher(s): Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration
Distillery Demand for Grain to Fuel Cars Vastly Understated
Jan 1, 2007
Publisher(s): Earth Policy Institute
Why Ethanol Production Will Drive World Food Prices Even Higher in 2008
Jan 1, 2008
Publisher(s): Earth Policy Institute
Melting Mountain Glaciers Will Shrink Grain Harvests in China and India
Mar 20, 2008
Publisher(s): Earth Policy Institute
World Facing Huge New Challenge on Food Front: Business-as-Usual Not a Viable Option
Apr 16, 2008
Publisher(s): Earth Policy Institute