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The socioeconomic dimensions of biosecurity: the New Zealand experience [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The human dimensions of biological invasions have recently become the subject of serious study. Current insight suggests that socioeconomic arrangements can foster or restrict the introduction of new species, and create the conditions for alien species ...
Jay, Grace Mairi M., Morad, Munir
core   +2 more sources

Towards Sustainable and Ethical Food Systems: Exploring Consumer Motivations and Strategies for Plant‐Based Eating

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transforming global food systems is crucial for mitigating environmental degradation, reducing the global disease burden and protecting sentient individuals from harm. Despite overwhelming evidence linking animal‐sourced foods to ecological damage, resource depletion and public health challenges, gaps remain in promoting sustainable ...
Camila Augusto Perussello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Where's the beef? The feminisation of weight‐loss dieting in Britain and Scandinavia c.1890–1925

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract Representations of the slim body have traditionally been at the centre of scholarly interest in dieting culture, whereas food often remains a shadowy presence compared with more persistent themes of body discipline, slenderness and anti‐fat messages.
Emma Hilborn
wiley   +1 more source

The agency of a marmalade machine: Gender, class and mechanical gadgets in the British Kitchen, c.1870–1938

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the marmalade machine, a mechanical device designed to slice orange peel. These niche objects were manufactured between roughly 1870 and 1938 in Britain. As a so‐called ‘labour‐saving’ gadget, the marmalade machine sliced orange peel quickly and effectively, removing the tedious process of slicing orange peel by hand ...
Katie Carpenter
wiley   +1 more source

Behavioural counselling to increase consumption of fruit and vegetables in low income adults : randomised trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Objective To measure the effect of brief behavioural counselling in general practice on patients’ consumption of fruit and vegetables in adults from a low income population. Design Parallel group randomised controlled trial.
Cappuccio, Francesco   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Killer Kidney Beans?

open access: yes, 2014
This fact sheet describes how to safely cook dry beans.
Allen, Karin, Proctor, Debra
openaire   +1 more source

Migration, circular mobility and food security in Nicaragua: An analytical framework based on food sourcing and farm household multi‐localisation

open access: yesThe Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
Short Abstract The article proposes a methodological approach to analyse the links between mobility, migration, immobility and food security, and its application to a case study in Nicaragua. Abstract This article explores the links between agriculture, circular mobility, migration and food security in the Global South. It focuses on farm households in
Sandrine Fréguin‐Gresh   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

MICHIGAN FARM DATABASE NEW DIRECTIONS FOR 1995 [PDF]

open access: yes
The purpose of this paper is to provide financial and production performance data for Michigan farms in 1995. Separate sections report on the farm types of Cash Grain, Dairy, Fruit, General Crop, General Livestock, and Swine.
Hepp, Ralph E., Nott, Sherrill B.
core   +1 more source

Meeting basic needs? Forced migrants and welfare [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
As the number of forced migrants entering Britain has risen, increasingly restrictive immigration and asylum policy has been introduced. Simultaneously, successive governments have sought to limit the welfare entitlements of forced migrants. Drawing on
Brown, D, Dwyer, PJ
core   +1 more source

Use of Extracorporeal Therapies to Treat Severe Caffeine Poisoning

open access: yesHemodialysis International, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Reflecting on recent reports suggesting the efficacy of extracorporeal blood purification, including hemodialysis, for severe caffeine poisoning, we conducted a retrospective 5‐year follow‐up study on acute caffeine poisoning in Japan particularly focusing on extracorporeal blood purification.
Saeko Kohara   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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