1997-01-01 This is a comprehensive guide to the processing of traditional foods, from Asia, Africa and Latin America, which are made and sold at a small commercial scale of operation. It provides technical information needed by small food businesses to introduce or upgrade their processes and products, and...
In Stolen Harvest, Vandana Shiva charts the impacts of globalized, corporate agriculture on small farmers, the environment, and the quality of the food we eat. With chapters on genetically engineered seeds, patents on life, mad cows and sacred cows, and the debate about genetic engineering and...
This book brings together important aspects of both the technological and business skills needed to successfully start and operate a small food proccessing business. The emphasis is on thorough planning before the enterprise is established and then careful control of production to minimize costs...
PROPAGe, the Association for the promotion and propagation of arid and semi-arid lands plant resources, promotes income-generation through rational use of natural vegetation. A network of researchers, engineers and botanists, PROPAGE identifies projects to develop the sustainable exploitation of...