{"product_id":"advancing-food-integrity-gabriela-steier-9781138305250","title":"Advancing Food Integrity: Gmo Regulation, Agroecology, and Urban Agriculture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey features: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003ePresents summaries of key points after each chapter and includes color graphs to visualize the big-picture concepts\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eDemonstrates how urban rooftop farms (URFs) can contribute to city greening and climate change mitigation worldwide while providing fresh locally-sourced produce for growing urban populations\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eProvides cutting-edge ideas from the the emerging field of food law and places international and comparative legal concepts into an accessible context for non-lawyers \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eExamines major disputes surrounding food products that have been brought before the World Trade Organization (WTO) to illustrate how trade trends have pushed toward GMO proliferation \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eUses examples of food labeling, pollinator protection, pesticide permitting, invasive species control, and GMO regulatory policy in the US and the EU to illustrate various methods of bringing public law to the forefront in the struggle toward achieving food integrity\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe proliferation of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in our increasingly globalized food system is trivializing the inherent risks to a sustainable world. Responding to the realities of climate change, urbanization, and a GMO-dominated industrialized food system, Gabriela Steier's seminal work addresses the interrelationship of these cutting-edge topics within a scholarly, legal context. In \u003cb\u003eAdvancing Food Integrity: GMO Regulation, Agroecology, and Urban Agriculture, \u003c\/b\u003eSteier defines food integrity as the optimal measure of environmental sustainability and climate change resilience combined with food safety, security, and sovereignty for the farm-to-fork production and distribution of any food product.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book starts with a discussion of the food system and explores whether private law has sufficiently protected food or whether public law control is needed to safeguard food integrity. It proceeds to show how the proliferation of GMOs creates food insecurity by denying people's access to food through food system centralization. Steier discusses how current industrial agricultural policy downplays the dangers of GMO monocultures to crop diversity and biodiversity, thereby weakening food production systems. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStriving to promote agroecology by providing a fresh and compelling narrative of interdisciplinary questions, Steier explores how farming can be geared toward more sustainable and environmentally friendly practices worldwide in the future. This book belongs in the libraries of all those interested in food law, environmental law, agroecology, sustainable agriculture, and urban living practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gabriela Steier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138305251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138305250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e CRC Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Gabriela Steier","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087721640191,"sku":"9781138305250","price":96.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_89cbf584-1896-41a2-a6c4-641efe37c659.jpg?v=1769101031","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/advancing-food-integrity-gabriela-steier-9781138305250","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}