Waste : uncovering the global food scandal / Tristram Stuart.
By: Stuart, Tristram
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TextPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2009Edition: 1st American ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: xxii, 451 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780393068368 (hardcover); 0393068366 (hardcover).Subject(s): Food industry and trade -- Waste minimization | Food industry and trade -- Waste disposal | Recycling (Waste, etc.)DDC classification: 363.8 Summary: In "Waste," Stuart points out that farmers, manufacturers, supermarkets, and consumers in North America and Europe discard between 30 and 50 percent of their food supplies--enough to feed all the world's hungry three times over. Traveling from China to New York, from Pakistan to Japan, Stuart encounters grotesque examples of profligacy--but also inspiring innovations--to the global food crisis.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 363.8 St933 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003706561 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In "Waste," Stuart points out that farmers, manufacturers, supermarkets, and consumers in North America and Europe discard between 30 and 50 percent of their food supplies--enough to feed all the world's hungry three times over. Traveling from China to New York, from Pakistan to Japan, Stuart encounters grotesque examples of profligacy--but also inspiring innovations--to the global food crisis.
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