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A moveable feast : ten millennia of food globalization / Kenneth F. Kiple

This study examines the global history of food from the origins of agriculture to modern biotechnology. It traces the diffusion of farming cultures through trade and migration, focusing on the Columbian Exchange and the impact of industrialisation on global food systems.

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vernon_authors Kenneth Kiple
vernon_tags Human settlements, Human ecology, Ecology, Environmental sciences, Science, Social sciences, Civilisation, International relations, Cooking, Food science, Buildings, Built environment, Economics, Industries, Manners and customs, Earth sciences, Food, Geography, Agriculture -- History, Agricultural geography, Plants, Organisms, Life (Biology), Food industry and trade, Agricultural processing industries, Agricultural industries, Food habits -- History, Globalisation, Food of animal origin, Food crops, Plants, Edible, Plants, Useful, Diet, Food processing plants, Agricultural processing plants, Factories, Industrial buildings, Animal industry
vernon_production_date 2007
vernon_brief_description On the history of global food production, from the transition from foraging to farming 10 thousand years ago, to recent developments like genetically modified foods, the fast food industry, and rising levels of obesity. --LH
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vernon_isbn_issn 9780521793537
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