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Plunkett's Food Industry Almanac 2010
Plunkett Research, Ltd. 2010; US$ 299.99Market research guide to the food industry a tool for strategic planning, competitive intelligence, employment searches or financial research. Contains trends, statistical tables, and an industry glossary. Includes one page profiles of food industry firms, which provides data such as addresses, phone numbers, and executive names. more...
The Happy Dust Gang
Mainstream Publishing 2011; US$ 10.67Charlie, snow, toot, white: cocaine goes by many different names. But in Glasgow in the early 1980s, they called it Happy Dust. At no-holds-barred parties of the glamorous and wealthy, cocaine was the new aphrodisiac. A few lines of Charlie and a humdrum party could become an orgy. Hot from the forests of Colombia, Charlie flooded onto... more...
A Propensity to Protect
Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2006; US$ 48.95For Canada the last century was one of great social and economic change: an increasingly urban population witnessed shifts from an agricultural to a mixed economy and from moderate to greater wealth. Heick chronicles how changing attitudes toward butter and margarine reflected the nature of that society. He demonstrates how the ban on the manufacture,... more...
Global Food Crisis
The Spinney Press 2011; US$ 22.50Currently, a billion undernourished people experience hunger on a regular basis. Global food production will have to rise 70 per cent by 2050 as the world population expands to 9.1 billion from 6.8 billion people. Recent global food prices have been the highest on record, exceeding 2008 levels that sparked deadly riots across the world. Causal factors... more...
World Wide Weed
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 104.95As we start the second decade of the 21st century, the new cannabis industry continues to fascinate both casual and academic observers of the drug scene. Researchers around the world have become increasingly interested in the phenomenon, aiming to describe, and potentially explain, the rapid switch from importation to domestic production in their own... more...
Idaho, Montana, Oregon & Washington: The Best Organic Food Stores, Farmers' Markets & Vegetarian Restaurants
Hunter Publishing 2009; US$ 6.99This is the resource book for vegetarian travelers. -- Healing Retreats. "This is a terrific and much-needed guidebook that makes traveling easy and worry-free for vegetarians. It lists and rates vegetarian restaurants and also reports on the best places to find produce." -- Society of American Travel Writers Foundation. "... a handy... more...
Multinational Corporations and Local Firms in Emerging Economies
Amsterdam University Press 2011; US$ 49.95Wereldwijd erkennen beleidsmakers én wetenschappers in toenemende mate dat hechte directe en indirecte interactie tussen multinationals en lokale bedrijven essentieel is, willen buitenlandse investeringen een diepgaand, blijvend positief effect hebben op het gastland. Toch heeft de interactie tussen multinationals (MNCs) en lokale bedrijven nog relatief... more...
Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2011: OECD Countries and Emerging Economies
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2011; US$ 91.00For the first time, the Monitoring and Evaluation report of agricultural policies covers OECD member countries (including the new members who joined during 2010 Chile, Estonia, Israel and Slovenia) and selected key emerging economies: Brazil, China, Russia, South Africa and Ukraine. This edition shows that, after an increase in 2009, producer... more...
Wine Lover's Journal
F+W Media 2010; US$ 19.95For millions of Americans, wine is more than just a libation. It's a hobby, an investment-it's a passion. The Wine Lover's Journal is the perfect way for wine enthusiasts to learn more about this sophisticated drink. This sleek journal is also an ideal method for connoisseurs to keep track of wines they've tried-and those they are still itching to... more...
Endless Appetites
Wiley 2011; US$ 27.95How to understand the twenty-first century food crisis Since 2007, farm-product prices have rocketed and plunged, causing hunger, malnutrition, and social and political upheaval around the world. Endless Appetites explores how "food security," the availability of food and the reasonable ability to buy it, has become one of the most challenging... more...









