Here is a sampling of reference materials related to food systems. Be sure to check out related research guides for more ideas or contact your librarian!
This resource presents full-text reports examining government policy and current issues. Each report includes historical context, recent news and developments, statistics, arguments from opposing sides of the debate, and bibliographic references to related sources. Topics include politics, economics, law, media and more.
This resource is a collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries and guide-books in e-book format, covering a multidisciplinary range of subjects. It is possible to search individual titles or the entire collection.
This resource provides access to an extensive set of dictionaries and encyclopedias from Oxford University Press, spanning a variety of different subject areas.
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The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Food Consumption and Policy
Covers the application of the core theoretical and methodological approaches of the economics of food consumption and policy, policy issues related to food consumption, the theoretical and conceptual issues relevant in food markets, and issues of particular interest to the consumer-end of the food supply chain.
This handbook provides a sample of that philosophical work across multiple areas of food ethics: conventional agriculture and alternatives to it; animals; consumption; food justice; food politics; food workers; and, food and identity.
Entries on food, nutrition, diet, and health. Coverage spans types of food, nutritional information, vitamins, minerals, and areas including metabolism and genomics. Includes food safety and relevant organizations, and nutritional information.
The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Food Consumption and Policy
The Oxford Handbook of Food Ethics
Oxford Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
