Food Policy in the United States: An Introduction

ISBN-13: 9781138204003 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 262 str.

Parke Wilde

Opis

This new edition offers a timely update to a leading introductory text on food policy in the United States, including policy changes in the 2014 Farm Bill, the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, new child nutrition legislation, reforms in food labeling policy, and many other developments.

Spis treści

1. Making food policy in the United States  2. Agriculture  3. Food production and the environment  4. Food and agricultural trade  5. Food manufacturing  6. Food retailing and restaurants  7. Food safety  8. Dietary guidance and health  9. Food labeling and advertising  10. Hunger and food insecurity  11. Nutrition assistance programs for children  12. Looking forward

O autorze

Parke Wilde is a food economist and professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Boston, USA. Previously, he worked for the Community Nutrition Institute and for USDA’s Economic Research Service. He received his Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Cornell University, USA. At Tufts, Parke teaches graduate-level courses in statistics and U.S. food policy. His research addresses food security and hunger measurement, the economics of food assistance programs and federal dietary guidance policy. He is a director of the Tufts/University of Connecticut Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics (RIDGE) Program. He has been a member of the Institute of Medicine’s Food Forum and of the research committee advising AGree, a national food policy initiative. He is on the editorial board for Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy and keeps a blog at usfoodpolicy.com.