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Readings
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Module 1 - An Introduction to the Food System: Diet, Food Production, the Environment and Public Health
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Introduction to Food Production, Public Health, and the Environment (Bob Lawrence and Polly Walker) |
FAO Rome Declaration on World Food Security (1996) Horrigan L, et al. How Sustainable Agriculture can Address the Human Health Harms of Industrial Agriculture. Environmental Health Perspectives, 2001. McMichael A, et al. Food, livestock production, energy, climate change, and health . Lancet, 2007. Organic or Local? I'll take both. National Geographic Green Guide Union of Concerned Scientists World Scientists' Warning to Humanity, 1992. Walker P, et al. Public Health Implications of Meat Production and Consumption . Public Health Nutrition, 2004. Daily G. Food Production, Population Growth, and the Environment. Science, 1998. Nord M, et al. Household Food Security in the U.S. , 2004. US Department of Agriculture, 2005. Lu, et al. Organic Diets Significantly Lower Children's Dietary Exposure to Organophosphorus Pesticides. EHP, 2005. Six Arguments for a Greener Diet Environmental Working Group. The Dirty Dozen. Website of the Community Food Security Coalition Website of Food Routes Network Website of Sustainable Table |
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Module 2 - Historical, Ecological, and Economic Overview of Agriculture and Food Production
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A Brief History of Agriculture and Food Production; The Rise of "Industrial Agriculture" (Shawn McKenzie) |
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What Does Agriculture Have to Do with Public Health? (Fred Kirschenmann) |
Naylor R, et al. Losing the Links Between Livestock and Land. Science, 2005. Halweil B. Still No Free Lunch: Nutrient levels in U.S. food supply eroded by pursuit of high yields, 2007. |
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| Session 4 | Ecology, Agriculture and a "Green-Green" Revolution (Wolman) |
Tilman, et al. The Greening of the Green Revolution. Nature, 1998. Kiers T, et al. Agriculture at a Crossroads. Science, 2008. Stokstad E. Agriculture: Dueling Visions for a Hungry World. Science, 2008. National Academy of Sciences. Our Common Journey: A Transition Toward Sustainability; 1999 - Executive Summary & Introduction. |
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U.S. Agricultural Policies and the Farm Bill: Where is Health? (Michael Heller) |
CLF Factsheet: What Does the 2007 Farm Bill have to do with Public Health? Harvesting Cash: A yearlong investigation by the Washington Post (2006) |
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Module 3 - Public Health Implications of Industrial Food Animal Production
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What We Know and What We Need to Know about the Risks of Food Animal Production. (Ellen Silbergeld) |
Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America . Executive Summary FAO. Agriculture 21: Livestock Impacts on the Environment, 2006. Silbergeld E, et al. Industrial Food Animal Production, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Human Health. Annual Review of Public Health, 2008. Gilchrist MJ, et al. The Potential Role of CAFOs in Infectious Disease Epidemics and Antibiotic Resistance. EHP, 2006. Industrial Farm Animal Production, Antimicrobial Resistance and Human Health: PCIFAP Technical Report Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America . Full Report The Meatrix and The Meatrix II web animations Shiffman, et al. The Effect of Environmental Odors Emanating From Commercial Swine Operations on the Mood of Nearby Residents. Brain Research Bulletin, 1995. |
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| Session 7 |
The Ins and Outs of IFAP: A Public Health Perspective (Kellogg Schwab and Jay Graham) |
Sapkota A, et al. What Do We Feed to Food-Production Animals? A Review of Animal Feed Ingredients and Their Potential Impacts on Human Health. EHP, 2007. Environmental Impact of Industrial Farm Animal Production: PCIFAP Technical Report Burkholder J, et al. Impacts of Waste from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) on Water Quality. EHP, 2006. Recent Changes in Food Animal Production and Impacts on Animal Waste Management: PCIFAP Technical Report |
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| Session 8 |
Aquaculture: IAP in the Sea (Edward Broughton) |
Sapkota A, et al. Aquaculture practices and potential human health risks: Current knowledge and future priorities. Environment International, 2008. Cabello F. Heavy use of prophylactic antibiotics in aquaculture: a growing problem for human and animal health and for the environment. Environmental Microbiology, 2006. Chinabut S, et al. Problems associated with shellfish farming. Revue Scientifique et Technique, 2006. Pauly, et al. Fishing down marine food webs. Science, 1998. Blue Ocean Institute Guide to Seafood |
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| Session 9 |
IAP: Occupational, Community and Social Impacts; Real Communities, Real People (Ellen Silbergeld, Amy R. Sapkota) |
Community and Social Impacts of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: PCIFAP Technical Report Cole D, et al. Concentrated swine feeding operations and public health: a review of occupational and community health effects. EHP, 2000. Price L, et al. Fluoroquinolone-resistant Campylobacter isolates from conventional and antibiotic-free chicken products. EHP, 2005. Striffler S. Inside a Poultry Processing Plant: An Ethnographic Portrait; Notes and Documents. Labor History, 2002. Occupational and Community Public Health Impacts of Industrial Farm Animal Production: PCIFAP Technical Report Donham KJ, et al. Community Health and Socioeconomic Issues Surrounding CAFOs. EHP, 2006. Stull DD, Broadway MJ. Slaughterhouse Blues: The Meat and Poultry Industry in North America Belmont , CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, 2004. Chapter 6 On the Floor at Running Iron Beef pp 82 – 98 Chapter 7 Garden City, Kansas : Trophy Buckle on the Beef Belt pp. 99 - 116. |
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| Session 10 |
Organizing for Justice: DelMarVa Poultry Justice Alliance (Carole Morison, Polly Walker) |
Bussel, R. Taking on "Big Chicken": DelMarVa Poultry Justice Alliance. Labor Studies, 2003. Wing, Wolf. Intensive Livestock Operations, Health, and Quality of Life among Eastern North Carolina Residents. EHP, 2000. Wilson, Grant. Environmental Injustice and the Mississippi Hog Industry. Wing S, Grant G. Environmental Injustice in NC Hog Industry. EHP, 2000. USDA Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (Heirloom Crops) Rural Enterprise Center Poultry Community Supported Agriculture |
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| Session 11 |
Agriculture, Ecomonic Policies and Rural Communities (Bill Weida) |
Gurian-Sherman D. CAFO's Uncovered: The Untold Costs of Confined Animal Feeding Operations (Executive Summary, pages 1-9). Union of Concerned Scientists, 2008 Gurian-Sherman D. CAFO's Uncovered: The Untold Costs of Confined Animal Feeding Operations (Full Report). Union of Concerned Scientists, 2008 Tegtmeier E and Duffy M. External Costs of Agricultural Production in the United States. International Journal of Agriculture Sustainability, 2004. Milla K, et al. Evaluating The Effect of Proximity to Hog Farms on Residential Property Values: A GIS-Based Hedonic Price Model Approach, URISA Journal, 2005. Herriges JA, et al. Living with Hogs in Iowa: The Impact of Livestock Facilities on Rural Residential Property Values. Land Economics, 2005. DeVries. Goats for the poor: Some keys to successful promotion of goat production among the poor. Small Ruminant Research. |
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Module 4 - Food Consumption, Culture, and Policy as Determinants of the Food System
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Cultural and Behavioral Determinants (Sid Mintz) |
Myers , Kent . New Consumers: The Influence of Affluence on the Environment. Proceedings of the Nat'l Academies of Science, 2003. WK Kellogg Foundation. Perceptions of the U.S. Food System: What and How Americans Think about their Food. 2005 |
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| Session 13 |
US Dietary Guidelines and "DASH Style" Diet (Lawrence J. Appel) |
Dietary Guidelines 2005 Executive Summary Fung T, et al. Adherence to a DASH-style diet and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke in women. Arch Intern Med, 2008. |
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| Session 14 |
"Food Politics": Advertising/Marketing, Budgets (Bob Lawrence) |
Pollan M. Unhappy Meals. NY Times Magazine, 2007. Nestle M, Website of Food Politics. Nestle M and Brownell K. The Sweet and Lowdown on Sugar. NY Times, 2004. |
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| Session 15 |
Global Nutrition Transition (Benjamin Caballero) |
A Nutrition Paradox: Underweight and Obesity in Developing Countries Dynamics of the Nutrition Transition Toward the Animal Foods Sector in China and its Implications Delgado C, et al. The Growing Place of Livestock Products in World Food in the Twenty-First Century. 1999. Globalization, Diets and Non-Communicable Diseases Double burden of malnutrition in six case study countries The Nutrition Transition: Diet and Disease in the Developing World |
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Module 5 - Alternatives to Current Food Systems
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Eating as a Moral Act (Brother Dave Andrews) |
Website of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference Downes, B. World Food Day, 2007. Video: The Right to Food, 2007. Ref: 2658. |
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| Session 17 | The Sustainable Agriculture Imperative: Methods, Benefits, Challenges and Necessity; Local Food Systems (Heller) |
Farm and Food Policy Project. The Case for Local and Regional Food Marketing, 2007. Horrigan L, et al. How Sustainable Agriculture can Address the Human Health Harms of Industrial Agriculture. EHP, 2001 . Website of Red Tomato - a non-profit distributor of locally grown produce in the northeastern US. Central Valley Business Times. UC researcher: Farmers markets benefit local economies, 2007. McCollum C, et al. Evidence-based Strategies to Build Community Food Security. Journal of the American Dietetic Assoc. 2005. Website for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University Rosegrant MW, et al. 2020 Global Food Outlook: Trends, Alternatives, Choices. 2001. |
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| Session 18 | Moving Towards A Better Food System: Inch by Inch, Row by Row, Gonna Make Some Real Food Grow (Roberts) |
City of Toronto webpage on Food Policy and the Toronto Food Policy Council McNider R and Christy J. Let the East Bloom Again. NY Times Op-Ed, 2007. |
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Module
6: Opportunities for Public Health
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| Session 19 | Research: Water and Air Quality Around CAFOs (Chapin-Sapkota) |
Chapin A, et al. Airborne Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria Isolated from a Concentrated Swine Feeding Operation. EHP, 2005. Thorne PS. Environmental Health Impacts of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations: Anticipating Hazards - Searching for Solutions. EHP, 2006. |
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| Session 20 | Practice: Healthy Stores Projects (Gittelsohn) |
Franco M, et al. Neighborhood Characteristics and Availability of Healthy Foods in Baltimore . Am J Prev Med, 2008. Healthy Stores Publications List |
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| Session 21 | Advocacy: Meatless Monday Campaign (Lerner) | ||
| Session 22 | Concluding Commentaries | No Reading | |
