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Ableman, Michael,
142
–
45
,
175

aeroponics,
265

Africa

effect of other nations’ ag subsidies,
64

growing crops for other countries,
70

industrial farming in,
42

inflation in food prices,
60
,
71

land grabs in,
65
–
66

urbanization in,
42

African Americans

activists,
148
,
244

food access,
140

in agriculture,
228
,
239

agflation,
71

agribusiness,
43
–
44
,
67

agricultural tourism,
21
,
261
,
288

agroecology,
294

Al Amoudi, Mohammed,
65

Alara Wholefoods (London),
127
–
30
,
131

Allen, Erika,
235
–
36

Allen, Will,
227
–
239
,
232

allotment gardens

Berlin,
108

Chicago,
237

Toronto,
199
–
200

UK,
15
,
109
–
11
,
114
–
19
,
118
,
132

animals as food source,
53
–
54

antibiotics in food production,
24
,
53
–
54
,
72

aquaculture,
53
,
235
,
279
.
See also
aquaponics

aquaponics,
230
–
31
,
232
,
236
,
265
,
271
,
278
,
279

Archer Daniels Midland,
44
,
64

Argentina,
16
,
71

Ashley Vale Allotment Association,
114
,
117
–
18
,
118

Asia,
60
,
65
–
66
,
71

Australia,
62
–
63
,
189

Back of the Yards neighborhood (Chicago),
268
–
72
,
272

Bakersfield, CA,
140
,
153

banking crisis (global),
61

bankruptcy (of family farms),
49

Barbolet, Herb,
177
–
82

Bartholomew, Mel,
324

BASF (chemical company),
44

Bayer Crop Science,
44

Beatrice, NE,
252

beekeeping (urban),
17
–
19
,
98
–
105
,
101
,
231
,
235
,
302
,
309
,
326
–
28

Benbow, Steve,
102

Benjamin, Alison,
328

Berezan, Ron,
307
,
309
–
11
,
326

Berkeley, CA,
223

Berlin,
108

big box stores,
49
,
182
,
226
,
242

Big Crunch (Toronto),
200
–
201

Bing, Dave,
260

biodigester,
260
,
274
,
277
–
78

biodiversity

in cities,
99
,
126

Cuban,
302

in nature,
19
,
313

International Day of,
97

loss of,
27
,
56

preserving,
123
,
310

biodynamic agriculture,
123
,
126

biofuels

as alternative energy,
69

defined
317

effect on food prices
16
,
55
,
71

Bloch, Doris,
146

Bonnefond, Michèle,
101

Borlaug, Norman,
41

Bosch, Carl,
39
–
40

bovine spongiform encephalopathy,
10

Brazil,
43
,
56
,
63
,
71

bread,
30
,
71
,
128

brewing,
274
,
276
–
77
,
279
,

Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme,
47

Bristol, UK,
108
–
118
,
118

Brooklyn Grange Farm (NYC),
308

Brown, Lester,
55

Bubbly Dynamics,
270
–
71

Bucci, Chris,
316

Bunge (food conglomerate),
44

Buttonwillow, CA,
153
–
56

CAFO (Concentrated Animal Feedlot Operation),
53
–
54
,
268
,
317

Calgary, AB,
20
–
21
,
161
,
218
–
19

Callebaut, Vincent,
263

Cameron, Lord, of Dillington,
30
,
108

Capital Growth (London),
102
,
109
,
134
,
327
–
28

capitalism,
59
,
253

carbon dioxide

as agricultural resource,
274
–
75

emissions,
51
–
52
,
62
–
63
,
124

carbon footprint,
159

Cargill,
44
,
64

Carmenate, Jorge,
289
–
95

Carr, Alethia,
243
–
47

Carter, Majorca,
263

Castro, Fidel,
283
,
285
,
304

Castro, Raúl,
304

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
56

Central Valley (CA),
140

Chapman, Cornelia,
143
–
45

Charles, Prince of Wales,
110

cheap food

effect on farmers’ incomes,
60

end of,
55
,
62

cheap food (continued)

ethics of,
11
,
56

as foundation of modern economy,
10

health care costs of,
57

as result of industrial ag,
49
–
50
,
60

cheese,
138
,
205
,
235

chemicals

in fertilizers,
24
,
39
,
40
–
42
,
44
,
49
,
64
,
68
,
72
,
192
,
278
,
283
–
84
,
319

in food products,
10

in herbicides,
40
–
41
,
43
–
44
,
72
,
192
,
283
–
84

in pesticides,
10
–
11
,
19
,
24
,
40
–
41
,
43
,
64
,
72
,
85
,
99
,
102
,
192
,
206
,
283
–
84
,
319

Chicago, IL

Board of Education,
269
–
71

community gardens,
237
,
266

demand for local food,
280

food terminal system,
52

public school system,
280

stockyards,
268
–
69

Sustainable Manufacturing Center,
270

urban planning,
271

vertical farming in,
227
,
281

see also
The Plant

chickens (urban)

in Canada,
18
,
167
,
212
–
15

illegal,
9
,
20
,
212
–
14
,
214

legalized,
15
,
167
,
215
,
308

as solution to food crisis,
17
–
18
,
307
,
323
,
327

in the UK,
15
,
111
,
114
,
213

in the US,
67
,
212
–
13
,
215
,
231
,
259

Child, Tim,
111
–
14

China,
10
,
21
,
48
,
60
,
66
,
70

Christensen, Roxanne,
185
,
193
–
97

Chumash Nation,
153
,
155

City Farmer (Vancouver),
161
,
163
–
168
,
166
,
181
,
325

climate change,
50
,
62
–
64
,
119
,
265

Cochrane, Jordon,
175
–
76
,
176

Cohen, Jack,
23

cold frame,
82
,
166
,
319

colony collapse disorder,
98
–
100
,
317

commercial urban farming,
12
,
15
,
17
,
94
,
109
,
126
,
167
,
176
–
77
,
188
,
191
,
308
,
324
.
See also
Allen, Will; Hantz Farms.

commodity crops,
25
,
44
,
49
,
51
,
55
,
64
,
71
,
80
,
153
,
192
,
205

communism,
41
,
284
,
286
,
304

Community Food Security Coalition,
208
,
246
,
324

community gardens

in Canada,
117
,
160
,
162
,
164
,
166
,
168
,
168
–
72
,
171
,
199
,
207
,
209
,
211
,
212
,
219

downside of,
22

in France,
85
–
90
,
87
,
89

in Russia,
108
–
109

social change tool,
20

stealing produce from,
86
,
218

in UK,
15
,
110
–
11
,
121

in US,
140
–
41
,
146
,
236
,
242

see also
allotment gardens

Community Supported Agriculture.

See
CSA

companion planting,
82
,
84
,
148
,
286
,
292
,
317

compost

education,
165
–
66
,
201
,
203
,
206
,
209
,
215

as fertilizer,
39
–
40
,
82
,
121
,
136
,
319

as heat producer,
231
,
234
–
35

making,
89
,
117
,
124
,
277
,
311

objections to,
143

as waste management tool,
124
,
166
,
186
–
87
,
231
,
234
,
314

Concentrated Animal Feedlot Operation.
See
CAFO

co-ops,
51
,
94
,
242
,
270
,
277
,
291

co-producer,
78
–
79
,
317

corn

as biofuel,
16
,
55

as commodity crop,
51
–
52
,
57
,
59
,
65

as companion crop,
82
,
84
,
148

as food,
16
,
51
,
71
,
135
,
142
,
147
,
150
,
203

genetically modified,
43

as sweetener,
59