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Study of bases of dietary fiber in the United States and other countries, examining the role of fiber in health. Advances new proposed definitions for fiber, offering the precursors for a final definition, due in a future report by the Institute of Medicine. Softcover.

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This study examines how U.S. agricultural cooperatives are responding to currenttrends toward the globalization of the agricultural and food sector. Information fromthree case studies illustrates the extent to which cooperatives’ organizational structuremay limit or enhance their ability to compete with investor-owned firms (IOFs) on aglobal scale. Concentration levels in key agricultural production, processing, and distributionmarkets are reviewed.Next, the report examines new global strategies being employed by IOFs and theirimpact on farmer-owned cooperatives. The international activities of three regionalcooperatives are examined in detail and data are used to highlight advantages and disadvantagesthat cooperatives may experience in global competition with IOFs.Factors limiting international involvement by cooperatives include the diverse interestsof their members, ties to domestic resource bases and social groups, the high risk levelsand long-term nature of international investment, and symbolic barriers, includinglanguage barriers and the different connotations of the term “cooperative” in othernations.Potential advantages for cooperatives include their reputation as reliable, high-qualitysuppliers and ethical business partners and their ability to meet specialty, nichedemand created within a global food system. Cooperatives must seek opportunities inthe new global system that their organizational structure makes them uniquely qualifiedto fill. They must also seek member response to questions of international involvementand encourage a spirit of “permanent innovation” among cooperative membersand staff. Finally, cooperatives must enhance the potential social, cultural and economicbenefits from international cooperation for their membership.Key words: agricultural cooperatives, concentration, globalization, agency theory

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Better Than Bouillon concentrated bases are made from meat, poultry, seafood and vegetables. This gives them a richer, more robust flavor than ordinary bouillons. No added MSG, low or no fat, lower sodium: Better Than Bouillon bases have 1/3 less salt than ordinary bouillons.

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• No Added MSG
• Made primarily from chicken
• Highly Concentrated
• 0.5g Fat per Serving

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Cooking Essentials for The New Professional Chef offers students an opportunity to learn the basics of cooking while using the actual reference that professional chefs have relied on for over a generation—The New Professional Chef™. In addition to providing an excellent foundation in such cooking essentials as raw ingredients, tools, classic techniques, and foundation recipes, the academic version of this professional reference clarifies every concept with supportive text, step-by-step photos in full color, illustrations, and tables. Special features designed to assist both students and instructors include the following:Chapter Objectives emphasize key concepts and guide readingHighlighted Key Terms and Concepts offer a quick recap of the language a chef should be able to use fluentlyFootnotes define terms that might be unfamiliar the first time they appear in textSelf-Study Questions and Activities reinforce concepts and help students apply them in a problem-solving formatTables and Charts put important technical information at the students’ fingertipsSidebars highlight professional development issues, techniques, kitchen management strategies, and historical contextChapter Summaries recap the lessons that should be masteredTo help students build technique, the over 300 foundation recipes—conveniently grouped at the back of the book—are organized from simple to complex, with similar types grouped together. Students can quickly locate extra help with recipes by referring to the technique cross-reference feature that accompanies each recipe. In addition, color photos, tips, and historical notes provide additional support.

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Whether it's called soccer, football, or the world's game, soccer is fun and has been deemed the most popular sport in the world. Soccer is about motion. Physics is about the laws of motion, and it can be applied to ball games. Combining soccer and physics is one way to appreciate the high-speed aspects of the sport. In The Physics of Soccer, author Deji Badiru introduces basic mathematics and science concepts in an interesting, useful, and engaging way to enhance how the game is played. The Physics of Soccer teaches both players and coaches how to look at soccer in a new way-beyond the physical undertaking it represents-to understand the marvels of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics that give soccer its life, power, and thrills. With a background as both a scientist and soccer coach, Badiru also examines the science behind game scenarios, field-based decisions, the geometry of field play, and strategies for assessing the implications of directional motions of opponents and teammates on the field. The Physics of Soccer is an essential resource for any team looking for an advantage that can make the difference between just playing, and winning.

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In this provocative and headline- making book, Michael Specter confronts the widespread fear of science and its terrible toll on individuals and the planet. In Denialism, New Yorker staff writer Michael Specter reveals that Americans have come to mistrust institutions and especially the institution of science more today than ever before. For centuries, the general view had been that science is neither good nor bad-that it merely supplies information and that new information is always beneficial. Now, science is viewed as a political constituency that isn't always in our best interest. We live in a world where the leaders of African nations prefer to let their citizens starve to death rather than import genetically modified grains. Childhood vaccines have proven to be the most effective public health measure in history, yet people march on Washington to protest their use. In the United States a growing series of studies show that dietary supplements and "natural" cures have almost no value, and often cause harm. We still spend billions of dollars on them. In hundreds of the best universities in the world, laboratories are anonymous, unmarked, and surrounded by platoons of security guards-such is the opposition to any research that includes experiments with animals. And pharmaceutical companies that just forty years ago were perhaps the most visible symbol of our remarkable advance against disease have increasingly been seen as callous corporations propelled solely by avarice and greed. As Michael Specter sees it, this amounts to a war against progress. The issues may be complex but the choices are not: Are we going to continue to embrace new technologies, along with acknowledging their limitations and threats, or are we ready to slink back into an era of magical thinking? In Denialism, Specter makes an argument for a new Enlightenment, the revival of an approach to the physical world that was stunningly effective for hundreds of years: What can be understood and reliably repeated by experiment is what nature regarded as true. Now, at the time of mankind's greatest scientific advances-and our greatest need for them-that deal must be renewed.

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• ISBN13: 9781594202308
• Condition: New
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