Sustainability: Food & Agriculture
Sustainable Food Systems
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A sustainable food system is a food system that delivers food security and nutrition for all. The system encompasses everything from the processing, packaging and the transporting of food to consumers.
United Nations, Fast Facts - What are sustainable food systems? Sustainable Development Goals. https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/fast-facts-what-are-sustainable-food-systems/
Suggested search terms:
agroecology
community gardens
crops and climate
factory farming
famine
food access
food consumption
food insecurity
food justice
farm subsidies
food security
food sovereignty
food supply
food systems
hunger
organic farming
sustainable agriculture or sustainable farming
urban agriculture or urban farming
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AGRICOLA This link opens in a new windowThe U.S. National Agricultural Library's bibliographic database to identify journal articles, government documents, technical reports, books, patents, and audiovisual resources from agricultural sources, including botany, ecology, environmental science, freshwater and marine sciences, and forestry from 1970 to the present. More InfoPUBLIC
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FAO: Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United NationsThe Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
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Growing Food ConnectionsThe overarching goal of this partnership is to enhance community food security while ensuring sustainable and economically viable agriculture and food production. This requires building the capacity of local governments to remove public policy barriers and deploy innovative public policy tools.
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IFPRI: International Food Policy Research InstituteIFPRI is a Research Center of CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural innovation network, and the only CGIAR center solely dedicated to food policy research. The Institute currently has more than 590 employees from around the world working in over 80 countries, with about half of our research staff based in developing countries.
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USDA: Food Security in the USUSDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) plays a leading role in research on food security and food security measurement in U.S. households and communities. USDA, ERS provides data access and technical support to social science scholars to facilitate their research on food security.
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Food Policy Council (FPC) of Buffalo & Erie CountyA list of resources related to food systems planning and policy in Buffalo and Erie County.
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The Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities LabThe Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab, a research group led by Dr. Samina Raja, housed in the School of Architecture and Planning at UB is dedicated to research that critically examines the role of local government poly in facilitating equitable, healthy, and sustainable communities.
Selected books
Sustainable Agriculture
Sustainable agriculture is farming in such a way to protect the environment, aid and expand natural resources and to make the best use of nonrenewable resources. On this page, learn the legal definition of sustainable agriculture, find organizations to help with sustainable farming, discover funding resources, and access articles from our collection on the subject.
US Department of Agriculture. Sustainable Agriculture. Natinal Agriculture Library. https://www.nal.usda.gov/farms-and-agricultural-production-systems/sustainable-agriculture
Suggested subject headings:
Agroforestry
agroecology
cover crops
crop rotation
organic farming
regenerative agricutlure
soil health
water conservation
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AGRICOLA This link opens in a new windowThe U.S. National Agricultural Library's bibliographic database to identify journal articles, government documents, technical reports, books, patents, and audiovisual resources from agricultural sources, including botany, ecology, environmental science, freshwater and marine sciences, and forestry from 1970 to the present. More InfoPUBLIC
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Environmental Studies (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new windowCoverage of environmental research, issues, policy, and decision-making in the form of full text journal articles, news stories, interactive maps, statistical data, refereed case studies, podcasts, and more. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
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Environmental Studies (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new windowCoverage of environmental research, issues, policy, and decision-making in the form of full text journal articles, news stories, interactive maps, statistical data, refereed case studies, podcasts, and more. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
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Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new windowMulti-disciplinary citation indexes covering journals, book chapters, and conference papers. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
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Land InstituteThe Land Institute is a science-based research organization working to develop an alternative to current destructive agricultural practices.
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National Sustainable Agriculture CoalitionThe National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) is an alliance of grassroots organizations that advocates for federal policy reform to advance the sustainability of agriculture, food systems, natural resources, and rural communities
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Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF)OFRF cultivates organic research, education, and federal policies that bring more farmers and acreage into organic production.
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SARE: Sustainable Agriculture Research & EducationSustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) offers farmer-driven, grassroots grants and education programs.
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USDA: National Agricultural LibraryThe National Agricultural Library (NAL) is one of five national libraries of the United States. It houses one of the world's largest collections devoted to agriculture and its related sciences.
