...This book examines one of the first and most successful large-scale, organic, and agroecological urban agriculture efforts currently being attempted in the world, namely, in Cuba. This trailblazing role was forced upon Cuba by historical circumstances. Cuba's food-production system, based on large...

...The onset of food production occurred at widely different times and places across the world stage but is widely regarded as one of the defining characteristics of the Neolithic. In the American Southwest, adoption of corn agriculture in particular is regarded as the beginning of sedentary village...

...Over the last few decades archaeologists have documented a much more variable pattern of prehistoric subsistence, including both foraging and food production, than was previously imagined. In addition, we have made great progress understanding the macroecology related to variation in hunting...

...This chapter explores the archaeology of foodways that have characterized Baltimore over the last 250 years. Beyond just the food consumed by residents and visitors to the city, foodways entail a wider understanding of relationships between cities and beyond, where most of the food production...

... institutions. Urban agriculture plays a significant role in improving Cuban diets, but has not led to food sovereignty. Other significant outcomes of urban agriculture include employment generation, environmental benefits, and community building. Food production per capita production Urban agricultural...

... and exchange networks, while also examining how food production methods can lead to environmental destruction and the detrimental role of dietary constraints on human health....

... and Woodland sites in the Midsouth where occupants also invested in plant food production. chenopods Chenopodium berlandieri hickory nuts Carya spp oaks Quercus spp sedentism squash Cucurbita spp sumpweed Iva annua sunflowers Helianthus annuus Tuckaleechee Cove Tennessee barley little Hordeum pusillum...

...The technology of food production and processing (including the ceramic repertoire of the community’s Taíno households) is the focus of Chapter 11. The distinctive technologies for processing, preparation, and eating of root crops (principally manioc), shellfish and fish are detailed...

... of his relationship with the city's three major Jewish tribes. Turning to early Islamic sources that note the difficulty of providing adequate supplies for the early Muslim fighters, chapter 2 also considers food production in Madinah. Finally, the chapter examines a unique aspect of an asymmetric...