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Sources
Resource-websites:
- Cyber-Farm of the Ohio State University
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~farm/farmhouse.html
This site gathers topics touching food preservation, drying, canning and freezing.
- Cooperative Extension Resource Center of the Colorado State University
http://www.colostate.edu/depts/CoopExt/PUBS/FOODNUT/pubfood.html
Factsheets and publications on topics covering food safety, health, preparation and preservation of food.
- Food and Nutrition Catalog
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/food.htm
Consumers information catalog which presents a series of free or low-cost publications that include topics such as food safety and food preservatives.
- Food Processing and Preservation
http://encarta.msn.com/index/concise/0VOL13/023f6000.asp
Article from the Encarta Concise Encyclopedia explaining in what consists food processing and preservation
- Case Study: Reducing Waste in Food Retailing
http://es.epa.gov/techinfo/case/michigan/mich-cs8.html
This article, written by the Office of Waste Reduction Services State of Michigan Departments of Commerce and National Resources, tackles the waste generation in the food distribution chain and the ways to reduce it.
- Australian Canned Foods for all Seasons
http://www.cfis.com.au/
This website is set up by the Canned Food Information Service Inc. (CFIS) and tackles canning process, steel can manufacturing, food quality assurance and recycling.
- Dairy Farmers of Canada
www.dairyfarmers.org/
- Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'alimentation du Québec:
http://www.agr.gouv.qc.ca
Resource-books:
- PIMENTEL, David and Marcia PIMENTEL, Food, Energy, and Society - Revised Edition, University Press of Colorado, 1996, 363 pp.
- SPEDDING, Colin R.W., Agriculture and the Citizen, Chapman & Hall, London,
1996, 282 pages
Resource-organisms:
- This website, set up by the Canned Food Information Service Inc. (CFIS), provides practical information to all consumers of canned food, educators, health professionals, the media and retail trades.
Website: http://www.cfis.com.au/
Postal address: P.O. Box 284 South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3205
Tel: 03 9696 1366
Fax: 03 9696 2018
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