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Sustainability in the Food Industry
Baldwin
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Description for Sustainability in the Food Industry
Hardcover. Sustainability is beginning to transform the food industry with environmental, economic and social factors being considered, evaluated and implemented throughout the supply chain like never before. Editor(s): Baldwin, Cheryl J. Series: Institute of Food Technologists Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNAC; TVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 626.
Sustainability is beginning to transform the food industry with environmental, economic and social factors being considered, evaluated and implemented throughout the supply chain like never before. Sustainability in the Food Industry defines sustainability with a comprehensive review of the industry’s current approach to balancing environmental, economic and social considerations throughout the supply chain. In addition, tools and information are provided to enhance future progress. To achieve this, the book combines technical research summaries, case studies and marketing information. Coverage includes sustainability as it relates to: agricultural practices, food processing, distribution, waste management, packaging, life cycle analysis, food safety and health, ... Read more
Sustainability is beginning to transform the food industry with environmental, economic and social factors being considered, evaluated and implemented throughout the supply chain like never before. Sustainability in the Food Industry defines sustainability with a comprehensive review of the industry’s current approach to balancing environmental, economic and social considerations throughout the supply chain. In addition, tools and information are provided to enhance future progress. To achieve this, the book combines technical research summaries, case studies and marketing information. Coverage includes sustainability as it relates to: agricultural practices, food processing, distribution, waste management, packaging, life cycle analysis, food safety and health, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Iowa State University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Institute of Food Technologists Series
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780813808468
SKU
V9780813808468
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Ref
99-50
About Baldwin
Cheryl J. Baldwin, PhD, is Vice President of Science and Standards for Green Seal, a Washington DC-based non-profit organization dedicated to safeguarding the environment by transforming the marketplace by promoting the manufacture, purchase, and use of environmental standards and providing independent certification to those standards. Previously, Dr. Baldwin served as Program Leader and Senior Research Scientist at Kraft Foods, Glenview, ... Read more
Reviews for Sustainability in the Food Industry
"This work provides a practical, industry-led alternative to works like Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (2008) and is a much-needed update to Patricia Allen's important Food for the Future: Conditions and Contradictions of Sustainability (Wiley, 1993)."(CHOICE, December 2009) “Sustainability in the Food Industry reviews the industry's current approach to balancing environmental, economic ... Read more