LibGuides: G5 Sustainability: Food production

Resources are shared to meet the needs of living things-across places and generations

10 things you should know about sustainable agriculture
Article from The Guardian with 10 important points about farming and sustainability

Food production: the issues

Agricultural science and technology
Detailed scientific analysis of food production and implications from SCI DEV NET
Food production: history and todays issues
Database article with overview of food production issues
Local control of food systems
Threats to local control of food systems

Industrial farming

Food safety: the issues

Food safety
USA website on food safety and GM foods
Food safety :chemicals
Article on effects of chemicals in our food

Food systems: Organic farming

Food systems: Local vs organic

Food systems: seeds

Role of local seeds
Website; Seed savers information about role of saving seeds

Making a difference: Economics

Food production
WWF article on food production. This is part of great website on food issues.
Women in farming
FAO (UN Food and Agricultural Organization) Gender issues in farming

Innovation: urban farming

Urban farming Switzerland
Swiss group that promotes rooftop farming and hydroponics
Vertical indoor farming
Ecowatch article on vertical farming in USA 2015
Zurich: urban farmers
Article from 2009 about Zurich urban farm
Vertical farms
USA video; description of vertical farm

Urban Farming by Thomas Fox
Call Number: 630 FOX
ISBN: 9781933958934
Publication Date: 2011-04-26
Feeding our cities: innovative ways to produce food in cities.

Check this book out of the library for a great overview of solutions.

Innovation: African farmers return to traditional ways

With thanks

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"Center for Food Safety." Center for Food Safety. N.p., 2015. Web. 30 Nov. 2015.
Chow, Lorraine. "Inside the Nation's Largest Organic Vertical Farm." EcoWatch. Ecowatch, 19 Oct. 2015. Web. 07 Dec. 2015.
"Coordination of Local Pollution Control in a Federal System." Environmental Regulation in a Federal System (2002): n. pag. Grassrootsonline.org. Grassroots International. Web. 30 Nov. 2015.
Despommier, Dickson. "The Problem." Vertical Farm RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Dec. 2015.
"Food supply." Britannica School. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2015. Web. 30 Nov. 2015. <http://school.eb.co.uk/levels/intermediate/article/274376#9274376.toc>.
"Gender." Gender. FAO, 2015. Web. 07 Dec. 2015.
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Langenegger, Christian. "Eat Local, Really Local: Good Food from the Roof." Zurich4You.ch. N.p., 7 Feb. 2011. Web. 07 Dec. 2015.
Panos, Mark Henley. "Sustainable Food Production: Facts and Figures." SciDev.Net. FAO, 16 Oct. 2013. Web. 30 Nov. 2015.
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Traister, Jeffrey. "Bad Effects of Chemicals in Our Food." Livestrong.com. LIVESTRONG.COM, 18 Feb. 2015. Web. 30 Nov. 2015.
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