The SAGE Encyclopedia of Food Issues

Editor/Author Albala, Ken
Publication Year: 2015
Publisher: SAGE Publications

Single-User Purchase Price: $519.00
Unlimited-User Purchase Price: $778.50
ISBN: 978-1-45-224301-6
Category: Food, Drink, Nutrition
Image Count: 9
Book Status: Available
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The SAGE Encyclopedia of Food Issues explores the topic of food across multiple disciplines within the social sciences and related areas including business, consumerism, marketing, and environmentalism.

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Table of Contents

  • Reader's Guide
  • About the Editor
  • Contributors
  • Introduction
  • Volume 1
  • A
  • Advertising and Marketing of Food
  • Advertising and Marketing of Food to Children
  • Aflatoxins
  • Agrarianism
  • Agricultural Acts
  • Agritourism
  • Airline Meals
  • Alar
  • Alcohol
  • Alcohol Industry, Regulation and Taxation of
  • Alcohol Regulations, History of
  • Animal Rights
  • Anthropophagy
  • Antibacterial Soaps, Detergents, and Dishwashing Liquids
  • Antibiotics and Superbugs
  • Anti-Globalization Movements/World Trade Organization
  • Antioxidants
  • Antitrust Laws
  • Apps for Food
  • Aquaculture/Fish Farming
  • Aquaponics
  • Art Depicting Food
  • Art Using Food as a Medium
  • Artificial Sweeteners
  • Artisanal Foods
  • Artisanal Spirits
  • Atkins Diet
  • Authenticity of Cuisines
  • Ayurveda and Diet
  • B
  • Baby Food
  • Bakeries
  • Bankruptcy Laws
  • Bans on Food, Cultural and Health-Related
  • Bar Food
  • Barter and the Informal Economy
  • Bees and Colony Collapse Disorder
  • Beverage Industry
  • Bible-Based Diets
  • Biodynamic Food
  • Biofuels
  • Biopiracy
  • Bioterrorism
  • Blogging
  • Botulism
  • Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
  • Boycotts
  • Branding
  • Bread Processing
  • Breastfeeding
  • Buffets/All You Can Eat
  • Butterflies and Other Lepidoptera, Decline in Population of
  • C
  • Cafeterias, Noninstitutional
  • Cancer-Fighting Foods
  • Cannabis in Food
  • Canned Goods
  • Canning
  • Carcinogens and the Relation of Cancer to Diet
  • Cardiac Disease and Diet
  • Casual Dining Chains
  • Catering Business, Off-Site
  • Cattle Industry
  • Celebrity Chefs
  • Charitable Organizations
  • Chemical Fertilizers
  • Childhood Obesity
  • Children's Foods
  • Chinese Traditional Medicine and Diet
  • Chocolate
  • Cholesterol, LDL and HDL
  • Christian Food Restrictions
  • Church Suppers
  • Circular Food Systems
  • Class Actions
  • Climate Change
  • Codex Alimentarius
  • Codex Alimentarius Commission
  • Coffeehouses and Coffee Shops
  • College Dining Services
  • Commodity Chains
  • Community Gardens
  • Community Supported Agriculture (CSAS), Consumers’ Perspective
  • Community Supported Agriculture (CSAS), Farmers’ Perspective
  • Competitive Eating
  • Composting
  • Confined Animal Feeding Operations
  • Consistency of Food Products/Ingredients
  • Consumer Trust
  • Contract Laws
  • Convenience Foods
  • Convenience Stores
  • Cookbooks and the Publishing Industry
  • Cooking as Leisure Activity
  • Cooking Competitions
  • Cooking Temperatures, Minimum
  • Cooking Temperatures, U.S. Department of Agriculture Guidelines for
  • Cooperatives
  • Corporate Food Service
  • Coupons
  • Crop Insurance
  • Crowdsourced Reviews of Restaurants
  • Culinary Diplomacy
  • Cultural Identity and Food
  • D
  • Dairy Industry
  • Dead Zones in Fisheries
  • Deforestation for Agriculture
  • Deli Counter in Grocery Stores
  • Design and Decor of Restaurants
  • Deskilling
  • Diabetes
  • Dietary Guidelines and Graphics
  • Dietary Supplements
  • Diners
  • Disgust
  • Distribution Centers
  • DIY Food Movement
  • Domestic Food Insecurity
  • Donut Shops
  • E
  • E. coli
  • Economic Cost of the Western Diet
  • Education in Food Service Industries
  • Elderly Nutrition
  • Employment: U.S. Food Sector
  • Endangered Species
  • Equal Opportunity Employment/Discrimination
  • Ethnic Foods, Marketing of
  • Ethnic Grocery Stores
  • Ethnic Restaurants
  • Exotic Food and Strange Food
  • Expiration Dates
  • Exports
  • F
  • Factory Farming
  • Fair and Carnival Food
  • Fair Trade
  • Family Farms and Rural Depopulation
  • Family Meals/Commensality
  • Famines
  • Farm Bills
  • Farmers’ Markets
  • Farmers’ Markets, Cooking With Seasonal Produce
  • Farmers’ Markets, Farmers’ Perspective
  • Farmworkers
  • Volume 2
  • F
  • Fast Food
  • Fats, Role in Cardiovascular Disease
  • Fats, Role in Diet
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • Fiber, Role in Diet
  • Fine Dining
  • Fish Contaminants
  • Fisheries Certification Programs
  • Fishing for Sport
  • Fishing Industry
  • Fishing Policies
  • Food Additives
  • Food Advertisements in School Hallways and Cafeterias
  • Food Aid
  • Food Allergies
  • Food Allergies: Impact on Life
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • Food Banks
  • Food Carts
  • Food Deserts
  • Food Fairs and Festivals
  • Food in Popular Media
  • Food Insecurity
  • Food Justice
  • Food Lobbying
  • Food Magazines
  • Food Miles
  • Food Policy Councils
  • Food Pyramid
  • Food Riots
  • Food Safety
  • Food Safety Agencies
  • Food Science Departments/Programs in Universities
  • Food Sovereignty
  • Food Sovereignty, Policy and Regulation
  • Food Stamps and Wic
  • Food Trends Leading to Diminished Species
  • Food Trucks
  • Food TV
  • Food Waste
  • Food Writing in Books
  • Foodborne Illness
  • Foraging
  • Forestry Management
  • Fracking, Impact on Food and Water
  • Fraud
  • Freegans and Dumpster Diving
  • Free-Range Meats and Poultry
  • French Paradox
  • Fresh Food
  • Front Groups
  • Frozen Food
  • Fruitarianism
  • Functional Foods
  • G
  • Gastropubs
  • Gender and Foodways
  • Generic Brands
  • Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
  • Ghostwriters for Celebrity Chefs
  • Global Food Security Act of 2009
  • Global Warming and Future Food Supply
  • Gluten-Free Foods
  • Gourmet and Specialty Foods
  • Grain Elevators/Hoarding and Speculation
  • Grass-Fed Beef
  • Green Revolution, Future Prospects for
  • Green Revolution Farming: Unanticipated Consequences
  • Grocery Stores and Supermarkets
  • Growth Hormones and Other Drugs in Meat Products
  • Guerrilla Gardening
  • H
  • Halal Food
  • Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)
  • Health Food Stores
  • Herbicide Resistance
  • Heritage Breeds
  • High-Fructose Corn Syrup
  • Hindu Food Restrictions
  • Holidays Centered on Food
  • Holistic Medicine (New Age) and Diet
  • Home Fermentation
  • Homesteading
  • Hospital Food
  • Human Right to Adequate Food
  • Hunger
  • Hunting
  • Hypermarkets
  • I
  • Ice Cream Parlors
  • Identity and Food
  • Imported Food
  • In Vitro Meat
  • Industry Labor and Labor Unions
  • Intellectual Property Law and Recipes
  • Intellectual Property Rights
  • International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development Study
  • International Food Security
  • Invasive Species
  • Investigative Journalism
  • Irradiation
  • J
  • Junk Food, Consumption
  • Junk Food, Impact on Health
  • K
  • Kosher Food
  • Kyoto Protocol
  • L
  • Labeling: Organic, Local, and Genetically Modified
  • Labeling, Legislation and Oversight
  • Labeling, Nutrition
  • Labeling and Branding, Fruits and Vegetables
  • Lactobacilli
  • Land Grant Colleges/Extension Units
  • Landrace
  • Last Meals
  • Liquor Stores
  • Listeria
  • Litigation Concerning Food Issues
  • Locavorism
  • Locust Infestations
  • Low-Carbohydrate Diets
  • Low-Fat Foods
  • Low-Sodium Foods
  • M
  • Macrobiotics
  • Mad Cow Disease
  • Magazine and Newspaper Advertising
  • Manure Lagoons/Methane
  • Marketing Boards
  • Meat Processing
  • Media Portrayals of Food Issues
  • Microloans
  • Migrant Labor
  • Military Rations
  • Milling
  • Minerals, in Nutrition
  • Mini-Marts
  • Mixology
  • Mobile Markets
  • Molecular Gastronomy
  • Monoculture
  • Monopolies
  • Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
  • Mormon Food Practices
  • Muckraking
  • Multifunctionality in Agriculture
  • Multinational Conglomerates
  • Music About Food
  • Volume 3
  • N
  • Natural and Artificial Flavors and Fragrances
  • Naturally Raised and Fed Meats
  • Newspaper Food Columns
  • Nitrate, Nitrite, and Cured Versus Uncured Meats
  • Noise in Restaurants
  • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
  • Nutraceuticals
  • Nutrient Density
  • Nutrition Education
  • Nutritionism
  • O
  • Obesity Epidemic
  • Olive Oil
  • Online Advertising
  • Online Shopping
  • Open Kitchens
  • Organic Agricultural Products, Policies on
  • Organic Foods and Health Implications
  • Organic Production
  • Organic/Biodynamic Farming
  • Overfishing and Fisheries Depletion
  • Oxalic Acid and Oxalates
  • Oyster Bars
  • P
  • Packaged Food and Preservatives
  • Packaging
  • Paleo Diet
  • Paleodietary Reconstruction, Modern Techniques in
  • Pancake Houses and Breakfast Joints
  • Pay-What-You-Can Cafés
  • Pellagra
  • Performance Art Using Food
  • Permaculture
  • Pest Control
  • Pesticides
  • Pet Food
  • Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production
  • Pizzerias
  • Plu
  • Population and Food Supply
  • Portion Sizes
  • Poultry Industry
  • Preservatives
  • Price Fixing
  • Price Look-Up Codes
  • Price Wars
  • Prison Food
  • Protected Designation of Origin (PDO)
  • R
  • Raw Diets
  • Raw Milk and Pasteurization
  • Recalls
  • Recipe Testing
  • Refrigerator Design and Size
  • Religion and Food Practices
  • Religion and Foods, Requirements and Labeling
  • Restaurant Chefs
  • Restaurant Cooking Technologies
  • Restaurant Inspections
  • Restaurant Management
  • Restaurant Menu Design
  • Restaurant Reviews
  • Restaurant Reviews, Online
  • Restaurant Waitstaff
  • Restaurants, Design and Decor
  • Rickets
  • Roadside Stands
  • S
  • Salmonella
  • School Food
  • School Lunches
  • School Wellness Programs
  • Scurvy
  • Seed Banks
  • Seed Conservation
  • Seed Exchange Networks
  • Seed Sterility Technology
  • Self-Checkout in Grocery Stores
  • Sell-By Dates
  • Seventh-Day Adventist Food Practices
  • Shelf Life
  • Shelving and Product Placement
  • Sherman Antitrust Act
  • Slow Food
  • Smoking Regulations in Restaurants
  • Smuggling
  • Snack Foods
  • Social Media and Food
  • Soil Degradation and Conservation
  • Solar Cookers
  • Soup Kitchens
  • South Beach Diet
  • Soy and Phytoestrogens
  • Special Programme for Food Security, United Nations
  • Sports Nutrition
  • Sprouts
  • Standards and Measures
  • Steroid Hormones in Food
  • Storage and Warehousing
  • Street Food
  • Strikes
  • Subliminal Advertising
  • Subsidies
  • Supper Clubs and Clandestine Dining
  • Supply and Distribution Networks
  • Sushi
  • Sustainable Agrifood Systems
  • Sustainable Agrifood Systems, Effect on Environment
  • T
  • Tagging and Tracking Foods From Origin to Point of Retail Sale
  • Take-Out Foods
  • Tariffs
  • Taxation, Fat Tax
  • Taxation, General
  • Television Advertising
  • Terminator Technology
  • Terroir
  • Terrorist Threats to Food and Water Supplies
  • Threats to Clean Drinking Water
  • Tourism, Food
  • Toxicity Testing
  • Traceability
  • Trademarks
  • Trans Fat and Hydrogenation
  • Trophy Kitchens
  • U
  • Umami
  • Underground Economies
  • UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage and World Cuisines
  • United Nations, Food Standards
  • Urban Farming and Rooftop Gardens
  • Urbanization of Agricultural Land
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • Use-By Dates
  • V
  • Values-Based Food Supply Chains
  • Veganism
  • Vegetable Oils
  • Vegetarianism
  • Vegetarianism and Veganism, Health Implications
  • Vending Machines
  • Vertical Integration
  • Veterinary Science
  • Vitamins and Other Dietary Supplements
  • W
  • Warehouse Clubs and Supermarket Loyalty Cards
  • Water, Bottled Versus Municipal
  • Water in Global Agrifood Chains
  • Water Rights
  • Websites on Food
  • Weight Loss Diets
  • Wet Markets and Hawking
  • Whaling for Food
  • Wine
  • Worker Safety
  • World Health Organization, Food Standards
  • World Trade Organization
  • World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF)
  • X
  • Xerophthalmia
  • Appendix: Resource Guide