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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Page 105
... food for dollars ; they are no longer charity cases . She further notes that in the complex world situation , the shortages of the 1970s had more to do with the distribution of food between nations than with global shortages . The rich ...
... food for dollars ; they are no longer charity cases . She further notes that in the complex world situation , the shortages of the 1970s had more to do with the distribution of food between nations than with global shortages . The rich ...
Page 332
... world food production . For the first time in twenty years , world food production actually dropped by 5 percent or 33 mil- lion tons , while demand continued to climb by 25 million tons annually . The turning point was largely due to ...
... world food production . For the first time in twenty years , world food production actually dropped by 5 percent or 33 mil- lion tons , while demand continued to climb by 25 million tons annually . The turning point was largely due to ...
Page 388
... global demand for food , fueled by the relentless growth of population and by rising affluence in selected coun- tries , began to outstrip the productive capacity of the world's farmers and fishers . Although all the idled U.S. cropland ...
... global demand for food , fueled by the relentless growth of population and by rising affluence in selected coun- tries , began to outstrip the productive capacity of the world's farmers and fishers . Although all the idled U.S. cropland ...
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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