Food

Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for an organism. Food is usually of plant, animal or fungal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. The substance is ingested by an organism and assimilated by the organism's cells to provide energy, maintain life, or stimulate growth. Different species of animals have different feeding behaviours that satisfy the needs of their unique metabolisms, often evolved to fill a specific ecological niche within specific geographical contexts. Omnivorous humans are highly adaptable and have adapted to obtain food in many different ecosystems. Historically, humans secured …

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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 November 2024 English

The Western welfare state model is beset with structural, financial, and moral crises. So-called scroungers, cheats, and disability fakers persistently occupy the centre of public policy discussions, even as official …

the parochial state would meet housing,70 fuel, food, and clothing needs in a single package. Brodie


UCP: University of Calgary Press · 15 November 2024 English

Andy Weaver led a life of quiet contemplation before becoming a father at the age of 42. Within three years he had two sons; two small, relentless disruptions to an …

the communion of grief, a space between fear and food that contracts our lives in a shared misunderstanding


Consumers Council of Canada · 13 November 2024 English

recalls highlight the multiple ways the government agency responsible for food safety can address problems. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued recalls on plant-based […]

government agency responsible for food safety can address problems.  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)


Consumers Council of Canada · 13 November 2024 English

The smartphone apps consumers likely use most to help them grocery shop utilize consumer data in a manner contrary to most consumers’ preferences. Every time a consumer uses their app, …


DDN: Dundurn Press · 12 November 2024 English

The political life of Dene leader Georges Erasmus — a radical Native rights crusader widely regarded as one of the most important Indigenous leaders of the past fifty years. For …

vehicles, which they filled with camping gear and food, to the event. We had so many people from the north foolishly put all our food into the minister’s canoe, which meant we now had no food and only one tent and piece of fish and the soup it made was the only food we had. That night the four of us crawled into a


UOP: University of Ottawa Press · 12 November 2024 English

Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope met en lumière les actions entreprises par des universitaires en réponse à certains des appels à l’action de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation. …

dig out the roots, and thanked it for giving us food. This cultural protocol is an embodiment of the practice: “the food we eat each morning saves us. When we greet the sun, drink water, eat food, we think


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 12 November 2024 English

The COVID-19 virus was responsible for the deaths of over thirty-five thousand Canadians in its first two years alone. Described as the biggest public health crisis of the century, it …

of pharmaceutical, digital, big-box retail, and food companies, 2020 224 9.2 Information and opt-out service jobs were more at risk, including those in food, manufacturing, and health care. The ability to


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 12 November 2024 English

Prisoners’ Bodies investigates the history of the Irish ordinary prisoners’ movement and how it was shaped by public discourse, highlighting the lived experiences of individual people in prison.

conditions. They were entitled to demand to have their food weighed to make sure they get their full allocation;8 judged, then something as passive as not eating when food is offered, or as personal as self-harm, can constitute


UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 7 November 2024 English

“This book is absolutely amazing and one of the most original collections that I have read in many years. Intended for everyone who inhabits Turtle Island—Indigenous and settler alike—Manomin encourages …

Manomin was considered a “wild” rather than cultivated food- stuff. In this chapter, we learn how past colonial generational knowledge and connect with Manomin as food, and as medicine. With teachings from our ancestors families to maintain connections to culture through food.11 Introduction Chef Shane Chartrand celebrates our environments and to reincorporate traditional food into our diet, however we are able. Jana-Rae and There were those who were charged with raising food from Mother Earth. They were called the Gi-ti- gay’-wi-nini-wug’


DDN: Dundurn Press · 5 November 2024 English

“A tender, beautifully written essay collection that is about so much more than parenting a child with a disability.” — Erin Pepler, author of Send Me Into The Woods AloneA …

know I won’t be able to drink or eat anything. The food is tainted. The gathering is meant to be a celebration fold- out table filled with treats. Who is the food for — can these kids even eat it? Is it meant for kids, like me? Nobody appears to be eating the food, anyway. The table sits in the shadow of the squat


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