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Confronting the Coffee Crisis: Fair Trade, Sustainable Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Mexico and Central America (Food, Health, and the Environment) Our morning cups of coffee connect us to a global industry and an export crisis in the tropics that is destroying livelihoods, undermining the cohesion of families and communities, and threatening ecosystems. Confronting the Coffee Crisis explores small-scale farming, the political economy of the global coffee industry, and initiatives that claim to promote more sustainable rural development in coffee-producing communities. Contributors review the historical, political, economic, and agroecological processes within today’s coffee industry and analyze the severely depressed export market that faces small-scale growers in Mexico and Central America. The book presents a series of interdisciplinary, empirically rich case studies showing how small-scale farmers manage ecosystems and organize collectively as they seek useful collaborations…. Click here to Read More

Forest Health and Protection Widely recognized as the best treatment of the technical issues concerning forest health and forest protection available, the original edition of this comprehensive text was the first to treat fire, wind, insects, and diseases as well as their interactions holistically. The latest edition extends the thrust of the successful first edition, bringing updated, detailed, and reliable coverage by the same team of authors with decades of experience and expertise in the fields of forest pathology, fire ecology, and forest entomology. Their effective, integrative approach continues to focus on the fundamental issues related to forest protection, including ecology, forest health, and ecosystem management. Useful examples from the United States, Canada, and other countries illustrate principles and problems essential to understanding these issues. Now with expanded material on climate change effects and forest health monitoring, no other single resource better…. Click here to Read More

Fresh Fava Bean and Shrimp Risotto – Recipes for Health Use the plumpiest shrimp you can find in this easy risotto. Read more on New York…. Click here to Read More

Kefir Health Benefits Review: Great Alternative For Lactose Intolerant Summary Kefir is a food product that is made from fermented milk. It is made of special kefir grains that have a balanced amount of lactic acid bacteria and yeast. It is believed to improve health by enhancing immunity, decreasing … Read More Read more on FYI…. Click here to Read More

Animal Health (3rd Edition) PLEASE PROVIDE COURSE INFORMATION Animal Health is designed to provide basic information on animal health and disease prevention. It is divided in four sections. Part 1 contains the basic components of a disease prevention program. It includes fundamental information on the nature of disease, nutrition, sanitation, disinfection, immunization, quarantine, housing, hereditary abnormalities, and basic husbandry practices. Part 2 deals with the structure and function of the various systems of the animal body and with the signs of disturbances and diseases that affect the digestive, genitourinary, respiratory, circulatory, and nervous systems. Part 3 includes diseases not commonly associated with a particular system of the animal body. Part 4 is devoted to the understanding of parasitology. Causes, clinical signs, prevention, and treatment are presented for the diseases covered in the text. List Price: $ 78.40 Price: $ 64.99 Fire in…. Click here to Read More

Fitness Author Accuses Curtis Stone of Health Washing Great Grains Cereal Mark Vaughan, Author of ‘You Are Not A Fit Person’ looks at the nutritional claims of Great Grains Cereals and their new ad campaign helmed by Curtis Stone and finds that the claims of better nutrition don’t hold up. Read more on PRWeb via Yahoo!…. Click here to Read More

Corporate Power in Global Agrifood Governance (Food, Health, and the Environment) ISBN13: 9780262512374Condition: NewNotes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed In today’s globally integrated food system, events in one part of the world can have multiple and wide-ranging effects, as has been shown by the recent and rapid global rise in food prices. Transnational corporations (TNCs) have been central to the development of this global food system, dominating production, international trade, processing, distribution, and retail sectors. Moreover, these global corporations play a key role in the establishment of rules and regulations by which they themselves are governed. This book examines how TNCs exercise power over global food and agriculture governance and what the consequences are for the sustainability of the global food system. The book defines three…. Click here to Read More

Ocean Nutrition Canada Honours Wilmar International Limited for 2010 Most Significant Contribution to Human Health … DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia, March 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ Ocean Nutrition Canada Limited (ONC), the world´s largest Omega-3 EPA/DHA solutions provider, and supplier of MEG-3(R) brand Omega-3 EPA/DHA (eicosapentaenoic acid/docosahexaenoic acid) … Read more on wallstreet:online…. Click here to Read More

Health Notes: TIPS for eating healthier in 2011 Here are some tips from registered dietitian Holly Hicks of Riverside Wellness and Fitness Center in Denbigh: Read more on Daily…. Click here to Read More