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The Uvm Food Systems Summit Makes More Room At The Table, Jane Kolodinsky
The Uvm Food Systems Summit Makes More Room At The Table, Jane Kolodinsky
Food Systems Summit 2014
No abstract provided.
A Global Perspective On Food Systems, Rosamond L. Naylor
A Global Perspective On Food Systems, Rosamond L. Naylor
Food Systems Summit 2014
No abstract provided.
Choice, Responsibility, And Health: What Role For The Food Movement?, Nicholas Freudenberg
Choice, Responsibility, And Health: What Role For The Food Movement?, Nicholas Freudenberg
Food Systems Summit 2014
No abstract provided.
Racism And Capitalism: Dual Challenges For The Food Movement, Eric Holt-Giménez
Racism And Capitalism: Dual Challenges For The Food Movement, Eric Holt-Giménez
Food Systems Summit 2014
No abstract provided.
High Tunnels For Local Food Systems: Subsidies, Equity, And Profitability, Nathaniel Foust-Meyer, Megan E. O'Rourke
High Tunnels For Local Food Systems: Subsidies, Equity, And Profitability, Nathaniel Foust-Meyer, Megan E. O'Rourke
Food Systems Summit 2014
High tunnels (HTs) constitute a growing, local level response to the globalization of our food. As semi-permanent greenhouses, HTs bring practical on-farm solutions to biophysical growing constraints; they extend the growing season and buffer delicate crops from extreme weather events. In 2009, the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) began subsidizing the construction of HTs with the documented goals of increasing environmental stewardship and the added benefit of promoting local foods. However, many questions remain about the impacts of HT’s. Who is benefiting from the NRCS HT program? Will farmers continue to adopt HTs in the absence of government subsidies? What …
Saving Seeds: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Native American Seed Savers, And Problems Of Property, Sheryl D. Breen
Saving Seeds: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Native American Seed Savers, And Problems Of Property, Sheryl D. Breen
Food Systems Summit 2014
To put it simply, seeds are the essence of life. Without their varied yields, the earth would have no agriculture, no livestock, no food systems, no ecological stability. In all shapes, sizes, and distributions, seeds are genetic powerhouses that store life's codes; they are as essential a resource as the water and soil at nourish them. Nonetheless, mounting evidence demonstrates steady erosion of the seed biodiversity necessary for viable food systems. Some seed varieties have been unable to adapt as habitats change or shrink, non- commercial seed-saving techniques have disappeared along with community elders, and a relatively small number of …
2013 Annual Report Of Uvm Extension And The Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station, Uvm Extension And Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station
2013 Annual Report Of Uvm Extension And The Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station, Uvm Extension And Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station
Annual Reports
2013 Annual report of outreach and research from UVM Extension and Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station.
Improved Recovery And Rapid Identification Of Strains, Mixed Strains, Mixed Species, And Various Physiological States Of Foodborne Pathogens Using Infrared Spectroscopy, Esmond Boafo Nyarko
Improved Recovery And Rapid Identification Of Strains, Mixed Strains, Mixed Species, And Various Physiological States Of Foodborne Pathogens Using Infrared Spectroscopy, Esmond Boafo Nyarko
Graduate College Dissertations and Theses
Challenges encountered in pathogen identification and detection include the genetic heterogeneity of strains within species of some foodborne pathogens, isolation of injured cells, mixed strains or mixed species contamination of foods, and differentiation between viable and dead cells. The first objective of this research was to evaluate an isolation medium that was based on time-delayed release (5 to 6 h) of selective agents in tablet format to a modified Listeria recovery enrichment broth (mLRB) medium for enhanced and rapid recovery of injured Listeria. The second objective involved the use of Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and chemometric analysis for the …
Functional Properties Of Whey Protein And Its Application In Nanocomposite Materials And Functional Foods, Helen Walsh
Functional Properties Of Whey Protein And Its Application In Nanocomposite Materials And Functional Foods, Helen Walsh
Graduate College Dissertations and Theses
Whey is a byproduct of cheese making; whey proteins are globular proteins which can be modified and polymerized to add functional benefits, these benefits can be both nutritional and structural in foods. Modified proteins can be used in non-foods, being of particular interest in polymer films and coatings. Food packaging materials, including plastics, can linings, interior coatings of paper containers, and beverage cap sealing materials, are generally made of synthetic petroleum based compounds. These synthetic materials may pose a potential human health risk due to presence of certain chemicals such as Bisphenol A (BPA). They also add to environmental pollution, …
Exploring The Nature Of Crystals In Cheese Through X-Ray Diffraction, Gil Fils Tansman
Exploring The Nature Of Crystals In Cheese Through X-Ray Diffraction, Gil Fils Tansman
Graduate College Dissertations and Theses
The optimization of powder x-ray diffraction (PXRD) for the study of cheese crystals was the focus of this study. A survey was conducted of various manifestations of calcium lactate crystals on the rindless surface and within mechanical openings of Cheddar cheese using PXRD. The diffraction reference card database contained a card that was entitled calcium lactate pentahydrate and corresponded to some of the crystalline material found on the cheeses. Diffractions patterns generated from other samples of crystalline material revealed the existence of an unknown crystal that resembled and behaved similarly to calcium lactate pentahydrate, but did not match the reference …