Highlights•Antimicrobial packaging is multifunctional by reducing harmful microbial activity
in food.•Antimicrobial packaging helps to increase food safety.•Antimicrobial packaging …

Emerging infectious diseases, most of which are considered zoonotic in origin, continue to
exact a significant toll on society. The origins of major human infectious diseases are …

In Animacies, Mel Y. Chen draws on recent debates about sexuality, race, and affect to
examine how matter that is considered insensate, immobile, or deathly animates cultural …

How can huge populations be fed healthily, equitably and affordably while maintaining the
ecosystems on which life depends? The evidence of diet's impact on public health and the …

A new approach to writing culture has arrived: multispecies ethnography. Plants, animals,
fungi, and microbes appear alongside humans in this singular book about natural and …

" A bold, compelling challenge to conventional thinking about obesity and its fixes, Weighing
In is one of the most important books on food politics to hit the shelves in a long time." …

In the years since publication of the first edition of Food Wars much has happened in the
world of food policy. This new edition brings these developments fully up to date within the …

Food: The Key Concepts presents an exciting, coherent and interdisciplinary introduction to
food studies for the beginning reader. Food Studies is an increasingly complex field …

Out of concern for public health, the US government bans the sale of cheese made from
unpasteurized milk if it is aged fewer than 60 days. But while the FDA views raw‐milk …

While the phenomenon of embodied knowledge is becoming integrated into the social
sciences, critical geography, and feminist research agendas it continues to be largely …