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Organic Production and Food Quality
Robert Blair
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Description for Organic Production and Food Quality
Hardcover. The internet is rife with biased and unsubstantiated claims from the organic industry, and the treatment of issues such as food safety and quality by the media ("if it bleeds, it leads") tends to have a negative impact on consumer perceptions about conventional food. Num Pages: 282 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TDCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 174 x 19. Weight in Grams: 746.
The internet is rife with biased and unsubstantiated claims from the organic industry, and the treatment of issues such as food safety and quality by the media ("if it bleeds, it leads") tends to have a negative impact on consumer perceptions about conventional food. Until recently, more and more consumers in many countries were opting to buy organic food over conventional food, resulting in a radical shift in food retailing. This was due to concerns over chemical residues, food poisoning resulting in recalls, food scares such as "mad-cow" disease, issues like gene-modified (GM foods), antibiotics, hormones, cloning and concerns over ... Read more
The internet is rife with biased and unsubstantiated claims from the organic industry, and the treatment of issues such as food safety and quality by the media ("if it bleeds, it leads") tends to have a negative impact on consumer perceptions about conventional food. Until recently, more and more consumers in many countries were opting to buy organic food over conventional food, resulting in a radical shift in food retailing. This was due to concerns over chemical residues, food poisoning resulting in recalls, food scares such as "mad-cow" disease, issues like gene-modified (GM foods), antibiotics, hormones, cloning and concerns over ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Iowa State University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780813812175
SKU
V9780813812175
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Robert Blair
Robert Blair, DSc, is Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Reviews for Organic Production and Food Quality
"This comprehensive book is welcome in that it not only covers the quality of crops in separate chapters on vegetables, fruit and cereal grains but it also deals, in equal measure, with the quality of meat, milk products and eggs." (The Biologist, March 2014) “Everyone with a serious interest in the differences between organic and conventional food ... Read more