Agro Commodities & Agricultural Produts

Food Justice (Food, Health, and the Environment) In today’s food system, farm workers face difficult and hazardous conditions, low-income neighborhoods lack supermarkets but abound in fast-food restaurants and liquor stores, food products emphasize convenience rather than wholesomeness, and the international reach of American fast-food franchises has been a major contributor to an epidemic of “globesity.” To combat these inequities and excesses, a movement for food justice has emerged in recent years seeking to transform the food system from seed to table. In Food Justice, Robert Gottlieb and Anupama Joshi tell the story of this emerging movement. A food justice framework ensures that the benefits and risks of how food is grown and processed, transported, distributed, and consumed are shared equitably. Gottlieb and Joshi…. Click here to Read More

Postharvest Biology and Technology of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits: Volume 4: Mangosteen to White Sapote (Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition) Tropical and subtropical fruits are particularly vulnerable to postharvest losses, and are also transported long distances for sale. Therefore maximizing their quality postharvest is essential and there have been many recent advances in this area. Many tropical fruits are processed further into purees, juices and other value-added products, so quality optimization of processed products is also important. Postharvest biology and technology of tropical and subtropical fruits covers current state-of-the-art and emerging post-harvest and processing technologies.  With Chapters in Volume 4 reviewing the factors affecting the quality of different tropical and subtropical fruits from mangosteen to white sapote. Important issues relevant to each product are discussed, including means of maintaining quality and…. Click here to Read More

Fair Food: Growing a Healthy, Sustainable Food System for All A host of books and films in recent years have documented the dangers of our current food system, from chemical runoff to soaring rates of diet-related illness to inhumane treatment of workers and animals. But advice on what to do about it largely begins and ends with the admonition to “eat local or “eat organic.” Fair Food is an enlightening and inspiring guide to changing not only what we eat, but how food is grown, packaged, delivered, marketed, and sold. Oran B. Hesterman shows how our system’s dysfunctions are unintended consequences of our emphasis on efficiency, centralization, higher yields, profit, and convenience–and defines the new principles, as well as the concrete steps, necessary to restructuring it. Along the way, he introduces people and organizations across the country who are already doing this work in a number of creative ways, from bringing fresh food to inner cities to fighting for farm…. Click here to Read More

Organic Manifesto: How Organic Food Can Heal Our Planet, Feed the World, and Keep Us Safe Drawing on findings from leading health researchers as well as conversations with both chemical and organic farmers from coast to coast, Maria Rodale irrefutably outlines the unacceptably high cost of chemical farming on our health and our environment. She traces the genesis of chemical farming and the rise of the immense companies that profit from it, bringing to light the government’s role in allowing such practices to flourish. She further explains that modern organic farming would not only help reverse climate change by reducing harmful carbon emissions and soil depletion, but would also improve the quality of the food we eat, reduce diseases from asthma to cancer, and ensure a better quality of life in farming communities nationwide.  For every parent wondering how best to safeguard the health and safety of her children; for every environmentalist in search of a solution to the…. Click here to Read More

The Town That Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food Over the past few years, Hardwick, Vermont, a typical hardscrabble farming community of 3,000residents, has jump-started its economy and redefined its self-image through a local, self-sustainingfood system unlike anything else in America. Even as the recent financial downturn threatens to cripplesmall businesses and privately owned farms, a stunning number of food-based businesses have grownin the region. The Town That Food Saved is rich with appealing, colorful characters, from the optimistic upstarts creating a new agricultural model to the long-established farmers wary of the rapid change in the region. Hewitt, a journalist and Vermonter, delves deeply into the repercussions of this groundbreaking approach to growing food, both its astounding successes and potential limitations. The captivating story of an unassuming community and its extraordinary determination to build a vibrant local food system, The…. Click here to Read More

The Backyard Homestead: Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre! Put your backyard to work! Enjoy fresher, organic, better-tasting food all the time. The solution is as close as your own backyard. Grow the vegetables and fruits your family loves; keep bees; raise chickens, goats, or even a cow. The Backyard Homestead shows you how it’s done. And when the harvest is in, you’ll learn how to cook, preserve, cure, brew, or pickle the fruits of your labor.From a quarter of an acre, you can harvest 1,400 eggs, 50 pounds of wheat, 60 pounds of fruit, 2,000 pounds of vegetables, 280 pounds of pork, 75 pounds of nuts. List Price: $ 18.95 Price: $…. Click here to Read More

The Backyard Homestead: Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre! Put your backyard to work! Enjoy fresher, organic, better-tasting food all the time. The solution is as close as your own backyard. Grow the vegetables and fruits your family loves; keep bees; raise chickens, goats, or even a cow. The Backyard Homestead shows you how it’s done. And when the harvest is in, you’ll learn how to cook, preserve, cure, brew, or pickle the fruits of your labor.From a quarter of an acre, you can harvest 1,400 eggs, 50 pounds of wheat, 60 pounds of fruit, 2,000 pounds of vegetables, 280 pounds of pork, 75 pounds of nuts.Put your backyard to work! Enjoy fresher, organic, better-tasting food all the time. The solution is as close as your own backyard. Grow the vegetables and fruits your family loves; keep bees; raise chickens, goats, or even a cow. The Backyard Homestead shows you how it’s done. And when the harvest is in, you’ll learn how to cook, preserve, cure, brew, or pickle…. Click here to Read More

Real Food University Learn Everything You Need To Know To Be A Master In The Kitchen. Multiple Cooking Products To Take You From Beginner To Bona Fide Home Chef. Real Food University Organic Growing And Gardening This Product Shows You How Gardening Organically Helps In The Preservation Of The Top Soil And Therefore Contributes To The Health Of The Environment. Vegetables Grown Organically By You Are A Lot Safer For You And Your Family. Get 75% On Each Sale! Organic Growing And…. Click here to Read More

Question by hokeechic: Has anyone ever had any bad experiences with Nature’s Variety Raw Instinct or Canidae dog food? I recently switched from NUTRO Ultra brand dog food, to a mix of Nature’s Variety- Raw Instinct (Grain free) and Canidae. I did this b/c Nutro had several of their canned foods on the Recall List, and I prefer not to do business with a Company that outsources to China, and uses chemicals to beef up their protein. Anyway, I tried to do research on the two new companies, and saw nothing but good stuff, but I want to know if anyone has had any bad experiences with them. (Natures Variety sounds awesome b/c it contains absolutely no grains, and Canidae b/c it is holistic/human grade) My dog is eating it, so he likes it, but he’s not really picky. He’s had some runny poo, but nothing major. Best answer: Answer by GoldengalI recently switched my dogs to Canidae too, from Nutro large breed. I switched for the same reasons. One of my goldens had minor loose…. Click here to Read More