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Scaling Of Crop Diversity And Optimal Allocation Of Foodshed Infrastructure, Michael Chang
Scaling Of Crop Diversity And Optimal Allocation Of Foodshed Infrastructure, Michael Chang
Biology ETDs
Food hubs are organizations that manage the aggregation and distribution of local products, and are a small, but growing means to satisfy high demand for diverse, healthy diets. However, economic barriers inhibit small producers and distributors from developing mainstream, local consumer alternatives to industrial-scale products. To build foodshed, distribution hubs could help overcome these challenges by reducing costs through shared refrigeration, processing, and transportation infrastructure. However, there is no theory to help plan them. I present and test theory to allocate foodshed infrastructure based on insight by Dunn, et al. (2011) that Shannon diversity measured relative to a whole set …
The Early Basis Of Subsistence Of Indians In The Plains Area, Joe D. Reed
The Early Basis Of Subsistence Of Indians In The Plains Area, Joe D. Reed
Biology ETDs
The fundamental purpose of this paper is to present the picture of early food economy among the Indians of the Plains. In order to accomplish this task the procedure has been to present: (1) a brief study of the tribal groups with special emphasis upon their early history and movements, followed by (2) a general picture of Plains food economy with regard to the sequence and tribal units. The important subjects within this second category have to do with buffalo utilization, agriculture and the gathering to wild plant food; (3) a listing of the various wild plant and animal foods …