In Harrisonburg, environmental racism manifests in limited access to resources, including food insecurity and disproportionate food access in areas such as the Northeast Neighborhood, the city's most prominent and longstanding African American community. Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood is home to a ...
There may be an element of truth involved, though the science is still unclear. Certainly, salt and some carbohydrates such as sugar can be detected by taste buds in the mouth. Fats can apparently be detected by specialised sensors in human digestive tracts, calcium may be detectable via a p...
The push of economic insecurity and the pull of flexible working will probably continue to drive this trend, especially in the knowledge worker market. Winners will be those who can figure out how to reduce the cost of sale / cost of delivery - a good topic for Brainfood Live at some ...
Headey and Ecker [34] argue that mis- measurement of food insecurity can lead to inappropriate re- sponses or even no response at all. They conclude that ICTs has a large role in improving the measurement of food and nutrition security, and that it can reduce the costs of data collection...
This ties in with the wider push for the technology-intensive Green Revolution and development of large-scale commercial agriculture in Africa as a response to food insecurity (Africa Progress Panel, 2014). However, such an imperative rather leaves aside family farming advocacy, with its origins ...
University students are often affected by food insecurity (FI) and this situation has been associated with low consumption of fruit/vegetables and high intake of added sugars and sweet drinks. However, there needs to be more evidence on the association between FI and dietary patterns (DPs), asse...
Generally, land tenure insecurity may hold back smallholders to invest in more labour intensive crops and production on untitled land (Bilsborrow, 2002; Crowl, 2014; Kramer et al., 2009; McConnell, 2002). At low population densities and low land use pressure, tavy can be sustainable (Scales,...
Immigration/migration and healthy publics: the threat of food insecurity Introduction Food systems transformation — or the process of making food systems more economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable — has become a core element of urban sustainable development agendas. Over 200 cities have...
FAO (2010a)The State of Food Insecurity in the World (2009)Economic and Social Development Department, Food & Agriculture Organization, Rome (February 2010). Google Scholar FAO (2010b) InForest Insects as Food: Humans Bite Back. Proceedings of a Workshop on Asia-Pacific Resources and Their ...
Further research is needed to inform policies and programs to mitigate food insecurity in low-wealth rural populations. Keywords: rural; food system; inequities; disparities; food security 1. Introduction Several studies have noted that the issue of poor diets has been curated by food system ...