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Book Synopsis ENERGY : A VITAL RESOURCE FOR THE U.S. FOOD SYSTEM ; COST AND POLICY IMPACT ON AGRICULTURE AND THE CONSUMER ; A PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES STUDY REPORT by :
Download or read book ENERGY : A VITAL RESOURCE FOR THE U.S. FOOD SYSTEM ; COST AND POLICY IMPACT ON AGRICULTURE AND THE CONSUMER ; A PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES STUDY REPORT written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Energy--a Vital Resource for the U.S. Food System by : American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Download or read book Energy--a Vital Resource for the U.S. Food System written by American Society of Agricultural Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis The U.S. Food and Fiber Sector: Energy Use and Outlook by : United States. Congress. Senate. Agriculture and Forestry Committee
Download or read book The U.S. Food and Fiber Sector: Energy Use and Outlook written by United States. Congress. Senate. Agriculture and Forestry Committee and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Food And Energy Resources by : David Pimentel
Download or read book Food And Energy Resources written by David Pimentel and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food and Energy Resources provides an understanding of the influence of energy, land, and water resources on food production. Future supplies of energy resources will have a major impact on the ability of humans to provide themselves with food. A better understanding of these issues will help society make sound choices and enable government leaders to develop and organize the necessary programs for the effective use of energy and food resources. The book begins with a discussion of the energy flow in the food system. This is followed by chapters that examine alternatives for the use of the external solar energy; the role of energy in world agriculture and food supply; the energy, land, and labor inputs in several major crop systems in northeastern China; and energy and food relationships in developing countries. Subsequent chapters deal with issues such as the use of renewable energy sources and the extent to which agricultural resources are used to produce food or fuel. This book will provide engineers, economists, agriculturists, geographers, ecologists, nutritionists, sociologists, and natural resource specialists a perspective that will help solve the problem of providing food for people while protecting natural resources.
Book Synopsis Energy and the Food System by : J. Arnold
Download or read book Energy and the Food System written by J. Arnold and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Controlled-Environment Agriculture and the Geography of Food, Energy and Water Resilience in the United States by :
Download or read book Controlled-Environment Agriculture and the Geography of Food, Energy and Water Resilience in the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USDA guidelines call for an increase in fruit and vegetable consumption in U.S. households to promote healthier diets. Access to fresh fruits and vegetables are especially lacking in food deserts and food swamps (characterized by a prevalence of food that is highly processed and lacking in nutritional value). Adoption of the recommended healthy diet, which more than doubles the consumption of fruits and vegetables, would have a wide variety of health benefits and would reduce the land footprint of U.S diets. However, adopting a healthy diet would increase phosphate and nitrogen impacts associated with fertilizers and pesticides and would significantly increase freshwater consumption and energy use because of the resource intensity of field cultivation of fruits and vegetables. The majority of these crops are grown in just a few states, including California and Arizona, which are increasingly impacted by climate change. In addition, rural communities are rapidly becoming food deserts, while food produced in these areas is transported long distances to market. In recent years, highly intensified controlled environment (CE) agricultural systems, (i.e., vertical farming) have been developed to provide fresh food closer to consumers. Fruits and vegetables, many of which are amenable to CE culture, occupy a uniquely impactful segment of the food supply-chain, including their value in improving nutrition for vulnerable communities. The objective of this work is to elucidate the location dependency of the energy and water impacts of adoption of distributed CE farming for an important portion of the food system.
Book Synopsis Vital Resources : Reports on Energy, Food and Raw Materials by : Commission on critical choices for americans. r
Download or read book Vital Resources : Reports on Energy, Food and Raw Materials written by Commission on critical choices for americans. r and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Energy Policy for the U.S. Food System by : Engineering Foundation (U.S.)
Download or read book Energy Policy for the U.S. Food System written by Engineering Foundation (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1977* with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Role of Fossil Fuels in the U.s. Food System and the American Diet by : U S Department Of Agriculture
Download or read book The Role of Fossil Fuels in the U.s. Food System and the American Diet written by U S Department Of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The food system accounts for a large share of fossil fuel consumption in the United States, and energy accounts for a substantial and highly variable share of food costs. This intersection between food and energy markets suggests that public and private decisions affecting one market will have spillover effects in the other. For example, would increasing the share of population having diets that align with Federal dietary guidance reduce fossil fuel use in the U.S. food system? Would a carbon dioxide (CO2) tax improve diet quality? To address these issues, we use the most recent data available to integrate the material-flows accounting framework adopted by the United Nations Statistical Commission into the existing food-system accounting structure of the ERS Food Dollar accounts. Then, we use mathematical optimization to model healthy diets. Our research indicates that U.S. agri-food industries are more sensitive to energy price changes than nonfood industries. We find that in 2007, fossil fuels linked to U.S. food consumption produced 13.6 percent of all fossil fuel CO2 emissions economywide. Our study of alternative diets shows there are many ways to meet the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. If Americans made a minimal dietary shift to eat healthy, we find food-system energy use would decrease by 3 percent. By making greater changes from current consumption, we find foodsystem energy use could be reduced by as much as 74 percent. A tax on CO2 emissions from fossil fuels would increase the cost of a typical meal by an average of 1.7 percent, with estimates ranging between 0.2 and 5.4 percent. Keywords: Carbon emissions tax, Dietary Guidelines for Americans, energy prices, environmental input-output model, food policy, fossil fuels, food prices, greenhouse gases, healthy diet, sustainability, U.S. food system
Download or read book Energy written by Philip Hauge Abelson and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People and institutions. Energy and food. Oil, coal, gas, and uranium. Developing technology.
Book Synopsis Energy Use in the U. S. Food System by : Patrick Canning
Download or read book Energy Use in the U. S. Food System written by Patrick Canning and published by . This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Energy is used throughout the U.S. food supply chain, from the manufacture and application of agricultural inputs, such as fertilizers and irrigation, through crop and livestock production, processing, and packaging; distribution services, such as shipping and cold storage; the running of refrigeration, preparation, and disposal equipment in food retailing and foodservice establishments; and in home kitchens. Dependence on energy throughout the food chain raises concerns about the impact of high or volatile energy prices on the price of food, as well as about domestic food security and the Nation's reliance on imported energy. Use of energy in the food chain could also have environmental impacts, such as through carbon dioxide emissions.
Book Synopsis Food, Energy, and Society by : David Pimentel
Download or read book Food, Energy, and Society written by David Pimentel and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1979 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of the analysis of energy use in relation to natural resources, technology, economic development, and demographics, assessing problems of sustainability and solutions. The discussions consider topics in solar energy, manipulating ecosystems for agriculture, the historical uses of human and animal energy, fish and agricultural production, ethanol fuels, and environmental impacts. The revision emphasizes food production systems and their use of land, water, energy, and biological resources, and the planning policy dilemmas facing individuals and nations in terms of providing food and a quality environment for the future. Includes statistical tables. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis A Framework for Assessing Effects of the Food System by : National Research Council
Download or read book A Framework for Assessing Effects of the Food System written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How we produce and consume food has a bigger impact on Americans' well-being than any other human activity. The food industry is the largest sector of our economy; food touches everything from our health to the environment, climate change, economic inequality, and the federal budget. From the earliest developments of agriculture, a major goal has been to attain sufficient foods that provide the energy and the nutrients needed for a healthy, active life. Over time, food production, processing, marketing, and consumption have evolved and become highly complex. The challenges of improving the food system in the 21st century will require systemic approaches that take full account of social, economic, ecological, and evolutionary factors. Policy or business interventions involving a segment of the food system often have consequences beyond the original issue the intervention was meant to address. A Framework for Assessing Effects of the Food System develops an analytical framework for assessing effects associated with the ways in which food is grown, processed, distributed, marketed, retailed, and consumed in the United States. The framework will allow users to recognize effects across the full food system, consider all domains and dimensions of effects, account for systems dynamics and complexities, and choose appropriate methods for analysis. This report provides example applications of the framework based on complex questions that are currently under debate: consumption of a healthy and safe diet, food security, animal welfare, and preserving the environment and its resources. A Framework for Assessing Effects of the Food System describes the U.S. food system and provides a brief history of its evolution into the current system. This report identifies some of the real and potential implications of the current system in terms of its health, environmental, and socioeconomic effects along with a sense for the complexities of the system, potential metrics, and some of the data needs that are required to assess the effects. The overview of the food system and the framework described in this report will be an essential resource for decision makers, researchers, and others to examine the possible impacts of alternative policies or agricultural or food processing practices.
Book Synopsis Renewable energy for agri-food systems: Towards the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement by : International Renewable Energy Agency
Download or read book Renewable energy for agri-food systems: Towards the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement written by International Renewable Energy Agency and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2021-11-03 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2021, the United Nations Secretary-General will convene the Food Systems Summit to advance dialogue and action towards transforming the way the world produces, consumes and thinks about food guided by the overarching vision of a fairer, more sustainable world. The Secretary-General will also convene the High-Level Dialogue on Energy (HLDE) to promote the implementation of the energy-related goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Given the inextricable linkages between the energy and agriculture sectors, integrating the nexus perspective within the FSS and the HLDE is crucial to formulate a joint vision of actions to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement. In this context, IRENA and FAO have decided to jointly develop a report on the role of renewable energy used in food chain to advance energy and food security as well as climate action towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement. While energy has a key enabling role in food system transformation and innovation in agriculture, its current use is unsustainable because of the high dependence on fossil fuels and frequent access to energy in developing countries. The challenge is to disconnect fossil fuel use from food system transformation without hampering food security. The use of renewable energy in food systems offers vast opportunities to address this challenge and help food systems meet their energy needs while advancing rural development while contributing to rural development and climate action.
Book Synopsis Recognizing Productive, Energy-efficient Agriculture in the Complex U.S. Food System by : Leon F. Nelson
Download or read book Recognizing Productive, Energy-efficient Agriculture in the Complex U.S. Food System written by Leon F. Nelson and published by . This book was released on 1975* with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beyond Oil written by John Gever and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1987. The result of one of the most ambitious computer-projected assessments of future US energy supplies ever conducted, this pioneering study from the U. of New Hampshire's Complex System Research Center used an immense range of geological, social, and economic statistics to project a wide variety of probable energy scenarios well into the 21st century. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis Eating Oil: Energy Use In Food Production by : Maurice B. Green
Download or read book Eating Oil: Energy Use In Food Production written by Maurice B. Green and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-11 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides facts and figures to show how fast fossil fuel energy is being used up in the developed countries. It considers the problems of feeding the population of the developing countries to whom the expedient of using fossil fuel energy to boost food production is not available.
