INDEX
food security and, 227, 231, 232
sovereignty and, 227, 235
Food banks, 227
Food-borne illness, prevention
of, 57, 375
Food chain, 335–336
Food cooperatives, 227
Food security, 217–235
in cities, 229–230
community projects for,
226–228, 230
corporate control of, 225, 231–235
defined, 217, 220
food banks, 227
GE foods and, 237
government policies and,
225, 230
improving, 225–230
junk food and, 223–224
local production and
distribution, 226
nutrition and, 222–224
prices of food, 225, 227, 235
seed stewardship and,
246–247
storage of food and, 227
sustainable food policy, 230
working for change, 221, 224,
225–230, 232, 235
also see Food sovereignty
Food sovereignty
food aid and, 227
GE foods and, 237
as right, 235
Food storage
food-borne illness prevention
and, 57, 375
food security and, 227
grain storage, 305
methods of preservation, 306
natural refrigerator, how to
make, 306
root crops, 306
Forests, 175–197
ancient, 196
community protection of, 182,
193–194
conflicts over use of,
186–188, 195
destruction of, 185
health and, 177–180
livelihood and, 181–184, 195
medicines gathered from, 180,
183–184
non-timber products of,
183–184, 190
partnerships to protect,
193–194
reforestation, 176, 196-197
reserves and parks, 193, 194, 195
secondary, 196
also see Deforestation;
Sustainable forest
management; Tree
planting
Formaldehyde, 429, 440
Fossil fuels
defined, 499
global warming and, 33, 527
health and social problems
and, 527
as nonrenewable, 527
also see Coal and coal
mining; Natural gas; Oil
(petroleum)
Foundations for homes
benefits of, 377
earthquake resistance, 383
Fruit flies, trap for, 299
also see Fly control
Fruits, food-borne illness
prevention and, 57, 375
Fuels
biogas, 363, 540–542
carrying firewood, health
and, 180
plant-based, the problem
with, 533
also see Clean energy;
Crop wastes (residues);
Firewood; Fossil
fuels; Gas, cooking
with; Natural gas; Oil
(petroleum)
Fumes, 352
Fungicides, 249
also see Pesticides
Fungus diseases of plants
natural control of, 301
synthetic control of, 249
Fungus in home see Mold
Furans, burning plastics and,
409, 423
Furniture, toxics in, 272
G
Gabions, 293
Galvanized pipe retort, 490
Garbage see Solid waste
Gardens
community gardens, 226, 229,
230, 401
contaminated soil in, 312
double-digging method, 311
food security and, 226, 229, 230
nutritional improvement
with, 243
sustainable small-scale crop
production in, 310–312
wash toilet draining into, 135
watershed drainage into, 167
well drainage into, 78, 82
also see Natural pest
management;
Sustainable farming
Gas, cooking with
biogas, 363, 541
ventilation requirements and,
352, 354
Gases, toxic
Bhopal disaster, 36–43, 345–346
methane, in landfills, 415
release of, responding to, 457
also see Air pollution;
Gas flares
Gas flares, 509, 511–512, 513
Gasoline poisoning, 257
Gasoline sniffing, 506
Geese, 307
GE foods see Genetically
engineered (GE) foods
Genes, 239, 322
also see Birth defects
Genetically engineered (GE)
foods, 236–247
defined, 237
dumped as food aid, 245
environmental issues and, 243
food security and sovereignty
affected by, 237
health issues and, 241–243
high cost of, 240
labeling, lack of, 241
limitations of technical
solutions, 237, 242
precautionary principle
ignored with, 244
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