" Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale? "*

 What is the relationship between cakes and ale (our food and drink) and environmental virtue? Let's look at the history of food production, eating healthy foods lower on the food chain, food safety, sustainable agriculture, genetic manipulation of food...

  CHECK OUT THESE BOOKS ON FOOD AND THE ENVIRONMENT

      Call#                      Author                         Title                                                  Publisher           Date

 

      178 S617W            Singer, Peter                  The way we eat: why our food             Rodale               c2006

                                                                           choices matter

 

      333.91 S448C         Sedge, Michael H.         Commercialization of the                    Franklin Watts   c1987

                                                                            oceans

 

      363.192 E29F          Egendorf, Laura K.        Food safety                                       Greenhaven Pr. c2000

 

      363.192 L226D        Lambrecht, Bill              Dinner at the new gene cafe               St. Martin's       c2001

 

      363.192 P957F         Pringle, Peter                Food, inc.                                     Simon & Schuster c2003

 

      363.192 R643F          Roberts, Cynthia          The food safety information                 Oryx Pr             2001

                                                                           handbook 

         

      363.738 K46S           Kidd, J.S.                     Shades of green: the clash               Facts On File c1998

                                                                         of agricultural science and

                                                                         environmental science

      363.8 L316W             Lappe, Frances             World hunger, twelve myths              Grove               1986

 

      363.8 R967H              Russell, Sharman Apt     Hunger: an unnatural history           Basic Books    c2005  

 

      394.1 S345F              Schlosser, Eric               Fast food nation                            Perennial          c2002

 

      613.2 U82W              Ursell, Amanda              What are you really eating?              Hay House      c2005

 

      615.954 F793S           Fox, Nicols                    Spoiled: the dangerous truth            Basic Books    c1997

                                                                            about a food chain gone haywire

 

      615.954 L364F           Latta, Sara L.                 Food poisoning and foodborne         Enslow            c1999

                                                                               diseases

 

      630 C342A                 Casper, Julie Kerr            Agriculture                                   Chelsea House   c2007

 

      630.277 K49F             Kimbrell, Andrew            Fatal harvest                                 Island Press      c2002

 

      631.523 T483S            Thomson, Jennifer A.     Seeds for the future: the impact      Comstock Pub.  c2006

                                                                           of genetically modified crops on

                                                                           the environment

 

      641.3 G624C              Goldstein, Myrna           Controversies in food and               Greenwood Pr.  c2002

                                                                                nutrition

 

      641.3 M327H              Marshall, Elizabeth            High-tech harvest                      Franklin Watts c1999

                 

      641.3 M551H              Menzel, Peter                   Hungry planet                            Material World c2005

 

      641.31 E14                  Isaac, Katherine              Eating clean 2                        Center for Study [198- ]

                                                                                                                            of Responsive Law

 

 OR USE THE APPROPRIATE SECTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING BOOKS

 

      303.483 K64C             Kleinman, Daniel Lee      Controversies in science and        University of     c2005

                                                                                  technology                               Wisconsin

 

      363.7 H655N                Hillstrom, Kevin            North America                             ABC-CLIO     c2003

 

How safe is your food ? Frank M. Sacks. Healthy Eating (Harvard Special Health Report).  Feb 2006 p37

 Here's an overview from one of the Gale databases.

 Use our subscription databases which contain online books, reference materials, magazine and journal articles to search terms such as Local Food, Sustainable Agriculture, Genetically Engineered Food, or just Food. The Opposing Viewpoints database tries to provide pros and cons of all the topics. General OneFile or cross-searching the databases will provide an extensive collection.

 "Bon Appétit has become a model for what is possible in sustainable food service.

Bon Appétit Management Company was the first food service company to address the issues related to where our food comes from and how it is grown. We are still the largest restaurant company with such a high level of commitment to socially responsible practices. Bon Appétit is unique in that all of our promises apply to all cafés, not just specific "green" locations. This means that the impact of our programs has been far reaching and meaningful." - from their website.

 "Sustainable agriculture practices can protect the environment and produce high-quality, safe, and affordable food. Our goal is to promote such practices while eliminating harmful “factory farming” methods and strengthening government oversight of genetically engineered food."

 Information about buying locally.