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Culinary Arts: Food Issues

This is a guide to information resources in the field of culinary arts.

Reference Books for Food Issues

Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems

What a Waste: A Global Snapshot on Solid Waste Management to 2050

Encyclopedia of Junk Food and Fast Food

Encyclopedia of Organic, Sustainable, and Local Food

Books for Food Issues

Food for the Future

The Omnivore's Dilemma: a natural history of four meals

In Defense of Food: an eater's manifesto

The Third Plate : field notes on the future of food

Food Chains: from farmyard to shopping cart

Food Politics: how the food industry influences nutrition and health

Bet the Farm: how food stopped being food

The Chain: farm, factory, and the fate of our food

Feeding Frenzy: land grabs, price spikes, and the world food crisis

Foodopoly: the battle over the future of food and farming in America

Closing the Food Gap : resetting the table in the land of plenty

Waste : uncovering the global food scandal

American Wasteland: how America throws away nearly half of its food (and what we can do about it)

Freegans: diving into the wealth of food waste in America

Salt Sugar Fat: how the food giants hooked us

Pandora's Lunchbox: how processed food took over the American meal

Fast Food Nation: the dark side of the all-American meal

Food, Inc.: Mendel to Monsanto--the promises and perils of the biotech harvest

Four Fish: the future of the last wild food

American Catch : the fight for our local seafood

Overfishing: what everyone needs to know

Big Chicken: the incredible story of how antibiotics created modern agriculture and changed the way the world eats

Meat Planet: Artificial Flesh and the Future of Food

Defending Beef: the case for sustainable meat production

Genetically Modified Foods: basics, applications, and controversy

The World According to Monsanto: pollution, corruption, and the control of the world's food supply

Mendel in the Kitchen: a scientist's view of genetically modified foods

Beyond Animal Rights: food, pets and ethics

The Foie Gras Wars : how a 5,000-year-old delicacy inspired the world's fiercest food fight

Organic Food, Farming and Culture

Slow Food Revolution : a new culture for eating and living

Slow Food: The Case for Taste

Locavore Adventures: One Chef's Slow Food Journey

Behind the Kitchen Door

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Useful Subject Headings

subject headings for books about food-related issues
food habits	natural foods
agriculture	food industry
food supply	food consumption
food - marketing	nutrition policy
meat industry	chicken industry
food processing	factory farms
food security	poverty
hunger	sustainable agriculture
grocery trade	waste disposal
dumpster diving	food waste
processed foods	food additives
fast food restaurants	convenience food
genetically modified food	biotechnology
fishery management	local foods
fish trade	sustainable fisheries
food borne diseases	meat substitutes
artificial foods	animal rights
organic farming	slow food movement
locavores	food service workers

Search for Articles

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SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Look for articles on economic and social issues, like food justice, food deserts, fast food, ...
Agricola This link opens in a new window
Use for articles on agriculture. A free source from the U. S. government. Check with librarians if the full text is not available.
Food Studies Commons This link opens in a new window
A free international collection of research on food studies. Covers social and cultural aspects of food. Includes peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.

Films on Demand

Food Forward, Season 2

More Resources

Sustainable Agriculture
From the National Agriculture Library.
A beginner’s guide to sustainable farming
From the United Nations Environment Programme.
Sustainable Agriculture Network
Hunger and food insecurity
From the Food and Agrriclture Organization of the United Nations.
Food Security in the U.S.: Key Statistics & Graphics
From the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Food Supply
Lots of Information, including maps and statistics, from Our World in Data.