Environment and Ecology

Multifunctional agriculture first received wide attention in 1998, when Japan, South Korea, and the European Union used the term to describe the mu...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a responsibility for ensuring the safety and proper labeling of more than 80 percent of the U.S. food su...

Most U.S. households have consistent, dependable access to enough food for active, healthy living -- they are food secure. But a minority of Americ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called the Food Stamp Program) plays a vital role in the social safety net in the Uni...

Over the years, Congress has authorized and the federal government has administered programs to provide food to the hungry and to other vulnerable ...

The first chapter of this book provides a foundation for discussing error and fraud in SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) and for eva...

The Obama Administrations Feed the Future (FTF) Initiative is a U.S. international development program launched in 2010 that invests in food securi...

Baby milk scandals in China, bacterial outbreaks in the USA, and anti-GMO protests in Europe are signs of the 21st-century challenges of feeding a ...

Access to adequate food and nutrition is a fundamental human right. However, a significant population worldwide presently suffers from malnutrition...

How you eat affects the planet - and everyone else on it. What you eat might literally cost the earth. It also has implications for your health, fo...

How does Britain get its food? Why is our current system at breaking point?How can we fix it before it is too late?British food has changed remarka...

Most food nutrition contains the phytochemicals for human health. Carotenoids and polyphenols, such as flavonoids and phenolic acids, might be espe...

Recently for the prevention and treatment of many neurologic, metabolic and other chronic diseases, the focus has shifted from allopathic Western m...

Providing an introduction to the use of nutrition and health claims, this book explores these claims around the world and the impact of the differe...

Water is the most every day of substances. It pours from our taps and falls from the sky. We drink it, wash with it, and couldn't live without it. ...

New Zealand''s Rivers: An Environmental History explores the relationship between New Zealanders and their rivers, explaining how they have arrived...

Many of the vast number of mushroom species are available world-wide. They are valued in gourmet traditions around the world for their unique taste...

As urbanisation progresses, urban environments have been confronted with many challenges, such as air pollution and stormwater disaster. The latter...

Where will the water come from to sustain the great desert cities of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix? In a provocative exploration of the past,...

Located in the heart of England's Lake District, the placid waters of Thirlmere seem to be the embodiment of pastoral beauty. But under their calm ...

Each year, one in six people in the United States is sickened by a foodborne illness. Government, industry, and others expend considerable resource...

Solanum lycopersicum is the scientific name for cultivated tomatoes. Tomatoes are produced and consumed worldwide. Many scientists are investigatin...

For some gardeners, every drop of water is precious, while others could do with a little less. There are even a surprising number of people whose g...

Local Food Environments: Food Access in America provides information on the complex nature of food delivery systems as well as the historical and p...

For over 55 years, the United States has played a leading role in global efforts to alleviate hunger and malnutrition and to enhance world food sec...

Landscaping is a critical element in improving both the function and appearance of rainwater recycling and stormwater management practices. Designi...

Food fraud, or the act of defrauding buyers of food or ingredients for economic gain -- whether they be consumers or food manufacturers, retailers,...

Water as a resource is irreplaceable. Yet heavy rainfall can become an absolute disaster - even in modern cities - if rainwater is not drained out ...

Streams are dynamic components of living landscapes. Stream restoration, riparian restoration, and open land conservation are very connected. In co...

In California, the roughly 500-mile long Central Valley Project (CVP), one of the nation''''s largest water projects, provides water for multiple u...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that more than $680 billion is needed to repair and replace water and wastewater infrastructure...

The Corps is responsible for dredging sediment from waterways to maintain shipping routes important for commerce. One dredge type, a hopper dredge,...

Degradation of soil and water resources due to food and fibre production has been a concern for centuries in all societies on this planet. While so...

Forming the 9th volume from this successful international conference series, this book marks a growing global interest in the planning, design and ...

The average western lifestyle is kept afloat by about 2,000 gallons of H2O a day. The numbers are shocking. Your Water Footprint reveals the true c...

On 25 March 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) jointly proposed a rule defining the scope...