A journey to some of the Earth's most endangered people in the remote Upper Amazon a look at the rituals of the Bwiti cults of Gabon & Zaire a field watch on the eating habits of 'stoned' apes & chimpanzees
- these adventures are all a part of ethnobotanist Terence Mc Kenna's extraordinary quest to discover the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge He wonders why as a species we are so fascinated by altered states of consciousness Can they reveal something about our origins as human beings & our place in nature? As an odyssey of mind body & spirit Food of the Gods is one of the most fascinating & surprising histories of consciousness ever written & as a daring work of scholarship & exploration it offers an inspiring vision for individual fulfilment & a humane basis for our interaction which each other & with the natural world ' Brilliant provocative opinionated poetic & inspiring Essential reading for anyone who ever wondered why people take drugs' Rupert Sheldrake
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This book offers a broad introduction to food policies in the United States Real-world controversies & debates motivate the book's attention to economic principles policy analysis nutrition science & contemporary data sources It assumes that the reader's concern is not just the economic interests of farmers but also

Includes:: nutrition sustainable agriculture the environment & food security The book's goal is to make US food policy more comprehensible to those inside & outside the agri-food sector whose interests & aspirations have been ignored The chapters cover US agriculture food production & the environment international agricultural trade food & beverage manufacturing food retail & restaurants food safety dietary guidance food labeling advertising & federal food assistance programs for the poor The author is an agricultural economist with many years of experience in the non-profit advocacy sector the US Department of Agriculture & as a professor at Tufts University The author's well-known blog on US food policy provides a forum for discussion & debate of the issues set out in the book

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The politics of food is changing fast In rich countries obesity is now a more serious problem than hunger Consumers once satisfied with cheap & convenient food now want food that is also safe nutritious fresh & grown by local farmers using fewer chemicals Heavily subsidized & underregulated commercial farmers are facing stronger push back from environmentalists & consumer activists & food companies are under the microscope Meanwhile agricultural success in Asia has spurred income growth & dietary enrichment but agricultural failure in Africa has left one-third of all citizens undernourished
- & the international markets that link these diverse regions together are subject to sudden disruption The second edition of Food Politics has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest developments & research on today's global food landscape including biofuels the international food market food aid obesity food retailing urban agriculture & food safety The second edition also features an expanded discussion of the links between water climate change & food as well as farming & the environment New chapters look at livestock meat & fish & the future of food politics Paarlberg's book challenges myths & critiques more than a few of today's fashionable beliefs about farming & food For those ready to have their thinking about food politics informed & also challenged this is the book to read
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In sixty-four bite-sized pieces of advice Michael Pollan's Food Rules tells you everything you need to know to eat healthily dine happily & live well Eat food Mostly plants Not too much Using those seven simple words as his guide internationally-acclaimed food journalist Michael Pollan offers this indispensable handbook for anyone concerned about health & food Sensible easy to use & written in plain English Food Rules is a set of memorable adages or designed to help you eat real food in reasonable amounts gathered from a wide variety of sources nutritionists anthropologists ancient cultures
- & grandmothers Whether at the supermarket a restaurant or an all-you-can-eat buffet this handy pocket-size resource is the perfect manual for anyone who would like to become more mindful of the food we eat ' In more than four decades I have come across nothing more intelligent sensible & simple to follow than these principles' The New York Times ' Instantly makes redundant all diet books & 99 per cent of discussions around healthy eating Sense at last' Daily Mail praise for In Defence of Food ' Pollan invites us to grab our pots & pans & cook some real food for dinner' Time Out praise for In Defence of Food ' Read this witty book for a healthier life & diet' The Times praise for In Defence of Food Michael Pollan has been writing for over twenty years about the places where the human & natural worlds intersect food agriculture gardens drugs & architecture The Omnivore's Dilemma about the ethics & ecology of eating was named one of the ten best books of 2006 by the New York Times & the Washington Post He is also the author of The Botany of Desire A Place of My Own & Second Nature & most recently In Defence of Food
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This book helps in Achieving food safety success which requires going beyond traditional training testing & inspectional approaches to managing risks It requires a better understanding of the human

Dimensions of food safety In the field of food safety today much is documented about specific microbes timetemperature processes post-process contamination & HACCP-things often called the hard sciences There is not much published or discussed related to human behavior-often referred to as the soft stuff However looking at foodborne disease trends over the past few decades & published regulatory out-of-compliance rates of food safety risk factors it's clear that the soft stuff is still the hard stuff Despite the fact that thousands of employees have been trained in food safety around the world millions have been spent globally on food safety research & countless inspections & tests have been performed at home & abroad food safety remains a significant public health challenge Why is that? Because to improve food safety we must realize that it's more than just food science; it's the behavioral sciences too In fact simply put food safety equals behavior This is the fundamental principle of this book If you are trying to improve the food safety performance of a retail or food service establishment an organization with thousands of employees or a local community what you are really trying to do is change people's behavior The ability to influence human behavior is well documented in the behavioral & social sciences However significant contributions to the scientific literature in the field of food safety are noticeably absent This book will help advance the science by being the first significant collection of 50 proven behavioral science techniques & be the first to show how these techniques can be applied to enhance employee compliance with desired food safety behaviors & make food safety the social norm in any organization

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Food Trails continues Lonely Planet's 52 Perfect Weekends series by exploring destinations famed for their food & drink Discover 52 amazing itineraries for delicious days out in places such as Puglia Paris Melbourne & New Orleans with recommendations for where to stay what to do & of course what to eat 320 pages No Lonely Planet ...

Food Truck Champion is a game in which each person plays the owner of a new food truck out to make a name for itself You will hire staff cook food & please customers to earn awards & popularity At the end of the day the food truck with the most popularity wins!FTC uses a lead-follow action system that focuses on the different aspects of running a food truck Driver Action gives you access to the market to acquire ingredients to store in your fridge Cashier Action gives you access to an assortment of customer orders ready to be prepared & served up Prep Cook Action means that you can move ingredients in your fridge to the customer orders Executive Chef Action means that you can play ingredients directly from your hand to a customer order Manager Action gives you access to the labor pool to hire additional Drivers Cashiers Cooks & Chefs to make your future actions more effective As owners of the food truck you have a special wild card that you can take into your hand allowing you to act in any capacity when the need arises At the start of the game each food truck has a small fridge a narrow plating area & limited room for staff Each completed order gives you a popularity token worth victory points & it means that you can expand one of the areas of your truck or even expand the card limit in your hand At certain points in the game judges will review the orders you&ve completed & allow you to move certain cards into your awards area giving your bonus VP for each set of awards you complete When a certain number of popularity tokens have been claimed the game ends & the food truck with the most victory points is declared the Food Truck Champion! ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Shokugeki no Soma centers on Yukihira Soma a middle school student who is determined to surpass his father’s culinary skills One day his father decides to close down their family restaurant & hone his skills in Europe Before leaving he enrolls Soma in an elite culinary school that is extremely difficult to enter with a graduation rate of only 10 percent Will Souma be able to improve his skills or will the kitchen prove to be too hot? Contains episodes 1-24 across 5 x DVD discs Extras Clean Opening Animation; Clean Closing Animation ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Collector’s Edition Blu-ray available for a limited time only

Includes:: 3 x Blu-ray Discs Episodes 1-24 packed inside 14 mm Blu-ray Case Plastic O-card Rigid Collector’s Box Art Cards & Bonus Poster Shokugeki no Soma centers on Yukihira Soma a middle school student who is determined to surpass his father’s culinary skills One day his father decides to close down their family restaurant & hone his skills in Europe Before leaving he enrolls Soma in an elite culinary school that is extremely difficult to enter with a graduation rate of only 10 percent Will Souma be able to improve his skills or will the kitchen prove to be too hot? Extras Clean Opening Animation; Clean Closing Animation Sentai Trailers

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Please note this is a region 2 Blu-ray & will require a region 2 or region Free Blu-ray Player in order to play At the Tohtsuki Culinary Academy the first rule is survival of the fittest & if you don&t have what it takes to become a master chef you need to get out of the kitchen before you get burned With the wheat of first-year students separated from the chaff cocky former diner cook Yukihira Soma is one of the handful of kitchen whizzes still standing As the next round of the Autumn Elections gets underway can he survive a brutal bento boxing match with the chemistry-obsessed granddaughter of the Academy&s director? & which of the other contenders; Megumi Ryo Akira Hisako Takumi or sinister dark-horse Subaru; will advance to fight for the gold medal? Get ready for another cut-throat season of eat beat & defeat! Actors Minami Takahashi; Risa Taneda; Yoshitsugu Matsuoka; Ai Kakuma Directors Yoshitomo Yonetani Format Anamorphic Region Region B2 (Read more about DVDBlu-ray formats) Number of discs 2 ...