Food and Social Policy, I: Proceedings of the 1976 Midwestern Food and Social Policy Conference, Volume 1Gary H. Koerselman, Kay E. Dull Iowa State University Press, 1978 - 400 pages Food and the future of civilization; Generalists and specialists; Corporate agriculture and the family farm; The question of triage - Who shall die?; The role of food in foreign affairs; Food as the foundation of civilization; food and celebration; Intraindustrial communications in agribusiness; Feeding animals versus feeding people; Agricultural policy for the United States; Feasibility of a food reserve system; Farm-retail price spread; Closed cities issue; Grain spection; Regulation and the market system; Research and education in agriculture; Urban expansion versus black soil. |
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... live in a world of 4 billion people in which population is increasing at a rate of 2 percent per year . Twice as many peo- ple are alive today as in 1930. One - fourth of the world's peo- ple are rich ; three - fourths are poor . Over ...
... live in a world of 4 billion people in which population is increasing at a rate of 2 percent per year . Twice as many peo- ple are alive today as in 1930. One - fourth of the world's peo- ple are rich ; three - fourths are poor . Over ...
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... live . And to live means -- throughout the world -- to eat . But it also means another thing -- not to be eaten . All that we eat is living and all that eats us is liv- ing . For us the most important things in order to be , to ex- ist ...
... live . And to live means -- throughout the world -- to eat . But it also means another thing -- not to be eaten . All that we eat is living and all that eats us is liv- ing . For us the most important things in order to be , to ex- ist ...
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... live with disaster level prices or consumers occasionally were willing to live with rapidly rising food prices . Since experi- ence suggests that neither group willingly has accepted such a situation in the past , it is doubtful if ...
... live with disaster level prices or consumers occasionally were willing to live with rapidly rising food prices . Since experi- ence suggests that neither group willingly has accepted such a situation in the past , it is doubtful if ...
Contents
2 GENERALISTS AND SPECIALISTS | 37 |
3 CORPORATE AGRICULTURE AND THE FAMILY FARM | 46 |
Oren Lee Staley president 195576 National | 66 |
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