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        POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy (see also SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food)

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        Food System Intermediaries

        Food System Intermediaries

        Food System Intermediaries

        Bonding and Bridging in China, Latin America, and Australia

        by Adrian H. Hearn

        ISBN: 9780262553513

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 21, 2025

        A cutting-edge analysis of food systems sustainability, including COVID’s impact on current food systems, in up-to-date case studies of community farms in Australia, Brazil, Cuba, and China.
        Planetary Eating

        Planetary Eating

        Planetary Eating

        The Hidden Links between Your Plate and Our Cosmic Neighborhood

        by Gidon Eshel

        ISBN: 9780262552141

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: June 24, 2025

        A scientifically rigorous guide to making the best dietary choices for both our personal health and our environmental footprint.
        Titans of Industrial Agriculture

        Titans of Industrial Agriculture

        Titans of Industrial Agriculture

        How a Few Giant Corporations Came to Dominate the Farm Sector and Why It Matters

        by Jennifer Clapp

        ISBN: 9780262551700

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 18, 2025

        How a small handful of giant transnational corporations has come to dominate the farm inputs sector, why it matters, and what can be done about it.
        The Painful Truth about Hunger in America

        The Painful Truth about Hunger in America

        The Painful Truth about Hunger in America

        Why We Must Unlearn Everything We Think We Know—and Start Again

        by Mariana Chilton

        ISBN: 9780262048309

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 1, 2024

        A radical and urgent new approach to how we can solve the problems of hunger and poverty in the US.
        Transforming School Food Politics around the World

        Transforming School Food Politics around the World

        Transforming School Food Politics around the World

        Edited by Jennifer E. Gaddis and Sarah A. Robert

        Foreword by Silvia Federici

        ISBN: 9780262548113

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: May 28, 2024

        How to successfully challenge and transform public school-food programs to emphasize care, justice, and sustainability, with insights from eight countries across the Global North and South.
        Seed Activism

        Seed Activism

        Seed Activism

        Patent Politics and Litigation in the Global South

        by Karine E. Peschard

        ISBN: 9780262544641

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 4, 2022

        How lawsuits around intellectual property in Brazil and India are impacting the patentability of plants and seeds, farmers' rights, and the public interest.
        Acquired Tastes

        Acquired Tastes

        Acquired Tastes

        Stories about the Origins of Modern Food

        Edited by Benjamin R. Cohen, Michael S. Kideckel and Anna Zeide

        ISBN: 9780262542913

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 17, 2021

        How modern food helped make modern society between 1870 and 1930: stories of power and food, from bananas and beer to bread and fake meat.
        Cannabis

        Cannabis

        Cannabis

        Global Histories

        Edited by Lucas Richert and James H. Mills

        ISBN: 9780262045209

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 3, 2021

        Cannabis consumption, commerce, and control in global history, from the nineteenth century to the present day.
        Food Routes

        Food Routes

        Food Routes

        Growing Bananas in Iceland and Other Tales from the Logistics of Eating

        by Robyn Metcalfe

        ISBN: 9780262539524

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: December 8, 2020

        Finding opportunities for innovation on the path between farmer and table.
        The Immigrant-Food Nexus

        The Immigrant-Food Nexus

        The Immigrant-Food Nexus

        Borders, Labor, and Identity in North America

        Edited by Julian Agyeman and Sydney Giacalone

        ISBN: 9780262538411

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: March 24, 2020

        The intersection of food and immigration in North America, from the macroscale of national policy to the microscale of immigrants' lived, daily foodways.
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