Feeding the Future: From Fat to Famine, How to Solve the World's Food Crises

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Andrew Heintzman, Evan Solomon
House of Anansi, 2006 - Social Science - 317 pages
Outlines practical solutions to global food supply problems in the twenty-first century, suggesting relevant ways to address key issues related to food safety, conservation, global trade, and more. Original.
 

Contents

INTRODUCTION
1
SAVING AGRICULTURE FROM ITSELF II
11
FOOD SAFETY
37
SOLUTIONS FOR OUR SEAS
71
THE HIGHTECH MENU
97
REAL SOURCES OF ABUNDANCE
125
OVERFEEDING THE FUTURE
155
BRAND BARONS AND THE BUSINESS OF FOOD
191
FIXING GLOBAL TRADE
237
A MEXICAN FARM STORY
259
AFTERWORD
281
BIOGRAPHIES
291
NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
299
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Andrew Heintzman is president and a co-founder of Investeco Capital, the first Canadian investment company focused exclusively on environmental sectors. He is also the Chair of the Premier's Climate Change Advisory Panel for the Province of Ontario. He was co-editor ofFueling the Future: How the Battle Over Energy Is Changing Everything, Feeding the Future: From Fat to Famine, andFood and Fuel: Solutions for the Future, all published by House of Anansi Press. He sits on a number of corporate boards, including Lotek Wireless, Triton Logging, and Horizon Distributors. He is on the board of directors of the Tides Canada Foundation, and the Steering Committee of Sustainable Prosperity. Before Investeco, Andrew was a co-founder and publisher ofShiftmagazine. He lives in Toronto.

Evan Solomon is the anchor of CBC's national political showPower & Politics. He co-founded and was editor-in-chief ofShiftmagazine, and writes a monthly column forTheGlobe and Mailcalled "How They See It", and has worked as a journalist and writer for publications throughout North America and Asia, includingThe Globe and Mail, The National Post, The Toronto StarandThe South China Morning Post.

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