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A comprehensive compilation of entries illuminates the key trends, activities, and themes in organic, sustainable, and local food, covering consumers, organizations, farming, policies, and much more.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Chronology List of Entries Topical List of Entries The Encyclopedia Appendix 1: Report and Recommendations on Organic Farming, 1980 Appendix 2: Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 Appendix 3: U.S. Organic Farming Emerges in the 1990s: Adoption of Certified Systems, 2001 Appendix 4: Recent Growth Patterns in the U.S. Organic Foods Market, 2002 Selected Bibliography About the Editor and Contributors Index

About the Author

Leslie A. Duram is professor and chair of the department of geography and environmental resources at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

Reviews

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*