Changing The Food Game

Author : Lucas Simons
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351285629

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Changing the Food Game by Lucas Simons Pdf

By 2050, the world’s population is estimated to grow to 10 billion. To feed everyone, we will have to double our food production, to produce more food in the next 40 years than in the whole of the last 6,000. Changing the Food Game shows how our unsustainable food production system cannot support this growth. In this prescient book, Lucas Simons argues that the biggest challenge for our generation can only be solved by effective market transformation to achieve sustainable agriculture and food production. Lucas Simons explains clearly how we have created a production and trading system that is inherently unsustainable. But he also demonstrates that we have reason to be hopeful – from a sustainability race in the cocoa industry to examples of market transformation taking place in palm oil, timber, and sugarcane production. He also poses the question: where next? Provocative and eye-opening, Changing the Food Game uncovers the real story of how our food makes it on to our plates and presents a game-changing solution to revolutionize the industry.

Author : Lucas Simons,Andre Nijhof
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429628573

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Changing the Game by Lucas Simons,Andre Nijhof Pdf

We are at the beginning of the sustainability era. The biggest challenge of our generation is to reach the Sustainable Development Goals. For this we must be willing to understand and change the root causes that create these challenges in the first place. The system itself needs to change. But how to do that? This ground-breaking book Changing the Game reveals the missing insights and strategies to actually achieve system change. The authors Lucas Simons and André Nijhof bring decades of real life and academic experience, and state that most of the sustainability challenges are actually caused by the same system failures, every time. Therefore, the way to accelerate and manage system change is also similar every time – if you know where to look and how to act. The theory of sustainable market transformation and system change is described in a compelling and easy to understand eight-step approach applied to eight different sectors. The authors, together with respected sector experts, describe the drivers, triggers and dominant thinking in each of these sectors as well as the strategies needed to move towards higher levels of sustainability. This book is highly accessible and engaging, and is perfect for use by professionals, leaders and students for understanding how to move markets to a more sustainable future.

Author : Carola Lentz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136651243

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Changing Food Habits by Carola Lentz Pdf

First published in 1999. This book examines process of change in African, South African and European countries by analysing the ways in which food is an integral part of ongoing ecological, economic, political and social transformations. It also provides research on dietary changes from direct intervention by people and agencies. The majority of these fascinating case studies are based on original fieldwork, they are quite diverse, as are the nature and scope of changes considered. The authors discuss rural as well as urban modes of food consumption, dietary changes in different societal contexts, and food-based rituals. The cases presented suggest alterative readings of some established models of changing food habits, and contribute to a more comprehensive history of dietary transformations.

Author : Ton Dietz,R. Ruben,A. Verhagen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004-06-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781402019524

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The Impact of Climate Change on Drylands by Ton Dietz,R. Ruben,A. Verhagen Pdf

People have learned to adapt to risk and uncertainty in fragile dryland environments.

Author : Craig Tomsky
Publisher : Izzard Ink
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Cooking (Game)
ISBN : 1642280461

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Changing the Game by Craig Tomsky Pdf

Changing the Game is intended to provide the do-it-yourself sportsman with detailed guidance and proven, time-tested techniques that will optimize the enjoyment of his or her harvest, taking it from field to fork, and for home cooks who are hunting for new ways to up their food game. Author Craig Tomsky grew up in a traditional Italian household in Northern New Jersey, where he was accustomed to good food-really good food. He has coupled his uncompromising love of such fare with his passion for hunting for more than 30 years, and has identified key factors that will reduce and, in most cases, eliminate the undesirable "gamey" flavors that all too often result from inadequately processed and prepared game. He has also developed and refined with his personal flair many recipes from family and friends over the years to not only complement each game's most desirable flavors, but to help you truly transform your game meat into delicious finished dishes. Changing the Game is a total playbook that takes the reader from caring for the game after the harvest through Craig's "keys to changing the game"-specific techniques used during the butchering and preservation processes that will positively impact the flavor and tenderness of the meat. It also lays out a roadmap and recommends equipment the reader can use to expediently and efficiently process various types of game meat. Explanations that support the findings and preparation techniques are provided in relatable layman's terms via anecdotes that are sprinkled throughout the book.Changing the Game finishes with a multitude of delicious recipes-some new, many traditional-that reflect the many cultures that make up this great country of ours. They have been enhanced by game meat as well as Craig's selection and use of complementary ingredients to achieve complex yet delicate flavor profiles for each dish. Changing the Game also contains recipes for side dishes and desserts, along with wine pairing recommendations, to provide the reader with a complete game plan for an enjoyable evening that will leave your dinner guests asking, "Is this really wild game?"

Author : Melissa Clark
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780553448238

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Dinner by Melissa Clark Pdf

200+ inventive yet straightforward recipes that will make anyone a better and more confident cook, from a James Beard Award–winning chef “Everything I want for my dinner—dishes which are familiar but fresh, approachable but exciting.”—Yotam Ottolenghi Dinner has the range and authority—and Melissa Clark’s trademark warmth—of an instant classic. With more than 200 all-new recipes, Dinner is about options: inherently simple recipes that you can make any night of the week. Each recipe in this book is meant to be dinner—one fantastic dish that is so satisfying and flavor-forward it can stand alone—maybe with a little salad or some bread on the side. This is what Melissa Clark means by changing the game. Organized by main ingredient—chicken, meat, fish and seafood, eggs, pasta and noodles, tofu, vegetable dinners, grains, pizza, soups, and salads that mean it—Dinner covers an astonishing breadth of ideas about just what dinner can be. There is something for every mood, season, and the amount of time you have: sheet pan chicken laced with spicy harissa, burgers amped with chorizo, curried lentils with poached eggs, to name just a few dishes in this indispensable collection. Here, too, are easy flourishes that make dinner exceptional: stir charred lemon into pasta, toss creamy Caesar-like dressing on a grain bowl. Melissa Clark’s mission is to help anyone, whether a novice or an experienced home cook, figure out what to have for dinner without ever settling on fallbacks.

Author : Craig Stephen,Colleen Duncan
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781000773859

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Climate Change and Animal Health by Craig Stephen,Colleen Duncan Pdf

This benchmark publication assembles information on the current and anticipated effects of climate change on animal health. It empowers educators, managers, practitioners, and researchers by providing evidence, experience, and opinions on what we need to do to prepare for, and cope with, the largest threat ever to have faced animals on this planet. With expert contributors from across the globe, the text equips the reader with information and means to develop sustainable adaptation or mitigation actions. After introducing animal health in a climate change context, chapters look at specific animal health impacts arising from climate change. The book concludes with suggestions on teachable and actionable ideas that could be used to mobilize concepts provided into education or advocacy. This book was written amid the COVID-19 pandemic and in the face of ever-increasing reports of on-the-ground, real-life climate impacts. Large scale wildfire and ocean heat waves killed unprecedented numbers of animals, while droughts in some areas and floods in others displaced thousands of livestock and made food scarce for even more. Climate change is real, and it is here. How we respond will have profound implications for people, biodiversity, welfare, conservation, societies, economies, and ecosystems. Today's veterinary educators are awakening to the need to adapt and train a new generation of animal health professionals who can understand and plan for climate change, and this book is an essential resource.

Author : Robley DUNGLISON
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1844
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0023365845

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On the influence of atmosphere and locality; change of air and climate ... on human health; constituting elements of hygiène by Robley DUNGLISON Pdf

Author : Food and Nutrition Information Center (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Food
ISBN : WISC:89048633549

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Catalog by Food and Nutrition Information Center (U.S.) Pdf

Author : R. Carter Hill,William E. Griffiths,Guay C. Lim
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1808 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118452271

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Principles of Econometrics by R. Carter Hill,William E. Griffiths,Guay C. Lim Pdf

Principles of Econometrics, Fifth Edition, is an introductory book for undergraduate students in economics and finance, as well as first-year graduate students in a variety of fields that include economics, finance, accounting, marketing, public policy, sociology, law, and political science. Students will gain a working knowledge of basic econometrics so they can apply modeling, estimation, inference, and forecasting techniques when working with real-world economic problems. Readers will also gain an understanding of econometrics that allows them to critically evaluate the results of others’ economic research and modeling, and that will serve as a foundation for further study of the field. This new edition of the highly-regarded econometrics text includes major revisions that both reorganize the content and present students with plentiful opportunities to practice what they have read in the form of chapter-end exercises.

Author : Marsh, Jackie,Bishop, Julia
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780335247578

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Changing Play: Play, Media And Commercial Culture From The 1950s To The Present Day by Marsh, Jackie,Bishop, Julia Pdf

The aim of this book is to offer an informed account of changes in the nature of the relationship between play, media and commercial culture in England through an analysis of play in the 1950s/60s and the present day.

Author : Bernadette Garchinsky Janas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Diet therapy
ISBN : CORNELL:31924052061722

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Hypercholesterolemic Adults' Perspectives of Cholesterol-lowering Diet Change by Bernadette Garchinsky Janas Pdf

Author : Richard J. T. Klein,Saleemul Huq
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781860943737

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Climate Change, Adaptive Capacity and Development by Richard J. T. Klein,Saleemul Huq Pdf

Based on papers presented at a workshop entitled Enhancing the Capacity of Developing Countries to Adapt to Climate Change, which was held Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2001, Potsdam, Ger., and sponsored by the Postdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.

Author : Christopher Chase-Dunn,Bruce Lerro
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317251972

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Social Change by Christopher Chase-Dunn,Bruce Lerro Pdf

From the Stone Age to the Internet Age, this book tells the story of human sociocultural evolution. It describes the conditions under which hunter-gatherers, horticulturalists, agricultural states, and industrial capitalist societies formed, flourished, and declined. Drawing evidence from archaeology, ethnography, linguistics, historical documents, statistics, and survey research, the authors trace the growth of human societies and their complexity, and they probe the conflicts in hierarchies both within and among societies. They also explain the macro-micro links that connect cultural evolution and history with the development of the individual self, thinking processes, and perceptions. Key features of the text Designed for undergraduate and graduate social science classes on social change and globalization topics in sociology, world history, cultural geography, anthropology, and international studies. Describes the evolution of the modern capitalist world-system since the fourteenth century BCE, with coverage of the rise and fall of system leaders: the Dutch in the seventeenth century, the British in the nineteenth century, and the United States in the twentieth century. Provides a framework for analyzing patterns of social change. Includes numerous tables, figures, and illustrations throughout the text. Supplemented by framing part introductions, suggested readings at the end of each chapter, an end of text glossary, and a comprehensive bibliography. Offers a web-based auxiliary chapter on Indigenous North American World-Systems and a companion website with excel data sets and additional web links for students.

Author : Xavier Poshiwa,G. Ravindra Chary
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811678615

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Climate Change Adaptations in Dryland Agriculture in Semi-Arid Areas by Xavier Poshiwa,G. Ravindra Chary Pdf

This book highlights the approaches for achieving trans-disciplinary research integration for “semi-arid dryland agriculture systems” under changing climates, while also identifying the elements of a collaborative research agenda that are needed to advance global food security. The book emphasizes climate change being a reality and how drylands are bearing the brunt in diverse ways. The major impact of dryland agriculture is on communities that need to: avoid the short- and long-term impacts of the changing climate; adapt strategies that can minimize these impacts; and be able to mitigate climate change, for which they need climate smart interventions. These interventions are only realized through knowledge and experience sharing among stakeholders from different sectors and backgrounds. It is in this context that the publication was seen as a necessity in order to bring together ideas that will transform lives and build adaptation capacities, thereby providing the much-needed products in communities leading to development