LibGuides: Sustainability Resources for Faculty and Students: Food

eBooks

Advances in Food and by-Products Processing Towards a Sustainable Bioeconomy by Nikolaos Kopsahelis (Guest Editor); Vasiliki Kachrimanidou (Guest Editor)
ISBN: 3039217526
Publication Date: 2019-12-31
The bioeconomy initially focused on resource substitution, including the production of biomass from various resources; its conversion, fractionation, and processing by means of biotechnology; and chemistry and process engineering towards the production and marketing of food, feed, fuel, and fibre.
Agroecology Now! by Colin Ray Anderson; Janneke Bruil; M. Jahi Chappell; Csilla Kiss; Michel Patrick Pimbert
ISBN: 3030613143
Publication Date: 2020-12-08
In this book the authors analyze the conditions that enable and disable agroecology's potential and present six 'domains of transformation' where it comes into conflict with the dominant food system. They argue that food sovereignty, community-self organization and a shift to bottom-up governance are critical for the transformation to a socially just and ecologically viable food system.
The Biochar Solution by Albert Bates
ISBN: 1550924591
Publication Date: 2010-10-01
The Biochar Solution describes how a new agricultural revolution can reduce net greenhouse gas emissions to below zero while increasing world food reserves and creating energy from biomass wastes.
The Close Linkage Between Nutrition and Environment Through Biodiversity and Sustainability by Alessandra Durazzo (Guest Editor)
ISBN: 3039213830
Publication Date: 2019-10-21
The Close Linkage between Nutrition and Environment through Biodiversity and Sustainability: Local Foods, Traditional Recipes, and Sustainable Diets" is focused on the close correlation between the potential benefits and "functional role" of food and territory, and it includes papers on the characterization of local foods and traditional recipes as well as on the promotion of traditional dietary patterns and sustainable diets.
Design with the Desert by Richard Malloy (Editor); John Brock (Editor); Anthony Floyd (Editor); Margaret Livingston (Editor); Robert H. Webb (Editor)
ISBN: 9780429111099
Publication Date: 2016-04-19
This transdisciplinary book explores the natural and built environment of this desert region and introduces development tools for shaping its future in a more sustainable way. It offers valuable insights to help promote ecological balance between nature and the built environment in the American Southwest-and in other ecologically fragile regions around the world.
Food from the Radical Center by Gary Paul Nabhan
ISBN: 1610919203
Publication Date: 2018-09-27
In Food from the Radical Center, Gary Nabhan tells the stories of diverse communities who are getting their hands dirty and bringing back North America's unique fare: bison, sturgeon, camas lilies, ancient grains, turkeys, and more. These efforts have united people from the left and right, rural and urban, faith-based and science-based, in game-changing collaborations.
Gandhi's Search for the Perfect Diet by Nico Slate; Anand A. Yang (Series edited by); K. Sivaramakrishnan (Series edited by); Padma Kaimal (Series edited by)
ISBN: 9780295744957
Publication Date: 2019-03-01
Mahatma Gandhi redefined nutrition as fundamental to building a more just world. What he chose to eat was intimately tied to his beliefs, and his key values of nonviolence, religious tolerance, and rural sustainability developed in tandem with his dietary experiments.
Grain by Grain by Bob Quinn; Liz Carlisle
ISBN: 1610919963
Publication Date: 2019-03-05
In Grain by Grain, Quinn and cowriter Liz Carlisle, author of Lentil Underground, show how his story can become the story of American agriculture. We don't have to accept stagnating rural communities, degraded soil, or poor health. By following Bob's example, we can grow a healthy future, grain by grain.
Soil Health, Soil Biology, Soilborne Diseases and Sustainable Agriculture by Helen Hayden (Editor); Tony Pattison (Editor); Marcelle Stirling (Editor); Graham Stirling (Editor)
ISBN: 1486303048
Publication Date: 2016-06-08
This book provides information about the bacteria, fungi, nematodes and other soil organisms that not only harm food crops but also help them take up water and nutrients and protect them from root diseases.
The Future of Food Business by Marcos Fava Neves
ISBN: 9814566977
Publication Date: 2014-05-22
The Second Edition of The Future of Food Business: The Facts, The Impacts and The Acts is an updated collection of thoughtful articles that focus on global food and agribusiness environment, food production trends, the structure of food chains as well as new concepts and ideas on how to increase competitiveness of food companies to create, capture and share value within the global food and agricultural sectors.

Open Education Resources (OERs) & Open Access (OA)

The Balancing Act—Nutrition and Sustainability: Understanding the Complexities, Challenges, and Opportunities (Wolters Kluwer Health) open access article in Nutrition Health Journal.

Climate change and COVID-19: reinforcing Indigenous food systems (Elsevier) open access article in The Lancet Planetary Health.

Environmental Nutrition: A New Frontier for Public Health (National Library of Medicine) open access article.

Global Food: Waste Not, Want Not (MERLOT) report created by Institution of Mechanical Engineers in the context of the Institution’s strategic themes of Energy, Environment, Education, Manufacturing and Transport, and its vision of ‘Improving the world through engineering’.

Sustainability Challenges of Phosphorus and Food: Solutions from Closing the Human Phosphorus Cycle (Oxford University Press) open access article in BioScience.

Sustainable Food Systems on Campus: Case Studies (MERLOT) collection of case studies published under Creative Commons license.

Toward Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems (Oxford University Press) open access article in Current Developments in Nutrition.

Web Resources

Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
Specializing in identifying resources about sustainable food systems and practices in support of USDA's effort to ensure a sustainable future for agriculture and farmers worldwide

Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition

The BCFN Foundation is privately held, apolitical and non-profit, multidisciplinary think tank working for food sustainability.

European Circular Bioeconomy Policy Initiative

Links to reports, research, policy papers and newsletters compiled by ECBPI that are focused on key issues in developing a circular bioeconomy.

FishWatch (NOAA)

FishWatch is designed to help you make informed decisions about the seafood you eat. It can also help you understand the management and science requirements involved with building and maintaining sustainable fisheries. NOAA Fisheries Service is the U.S. authority on marine fisheries science, conservation, and management.

Food Sustainability Index

The Food Sustainability Index (FSI) ranks 67 countries on food system sustainability. It is a quantitative and qualitative benchmarking model constructed from 38 indicators and 90 individual metrics that measure the sustainability of food systems across three categories: Food Loss and Waste, Sustainable Agriculture and Nutritional Challenges

Local Harvest

LocalHarvest maintains a definitive and reliable "living" public nationwide directory of small farms, farmers markets, and other local food sources.

National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
The latest in sustainable agriculture and organic farming news, events, and funding opportunities

Seafood Watch (Monterey Bay Aquarium)

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program helps consumers and businesses make choices for healthy oceans.

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program
Helps advance farming systems that are profitable, environmentally sound and good for communities through a nationwide research and education grants program

Sustainable Food and Agriculture, from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Resources regarding the work being carried out by the EPA regarding food loss and waste reduction efforts.

Sustainable Management of Food, from the Environmental Protection Agency

FAO’s resources on sustainable food and agriculture.

Sustainable Table
Celebrates local sustainable food, educates consumers on food-related issues, and works to build community through food.

Waste : uncovering the global food scandal (TED) talk by Tristram Stuart.

World Watch Institute

The Institute’s top mission objectives are universal access to renewable energy and nutritious food, expansion of environmentally sound jobs and development, transformation of cultures from consumerism to sustainability, and an early end to population growth through healthy and intentional childbearing.