2012-05-24T14:20:49Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/food-supply.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000178.html Mar 31, 2011 Mar 31, 2011

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20091017.html Oct 5, 2009 Oct 5, 2009

<p>Restrictions on fast-food chain restaurants in South Los Angeles are not addressing the main differences between neighborhood food environments and are unlikely to improve the diet of residents or reduce obesity.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090928.html Aug 31, 2009 Aug 31, 2009

The availability of energy-dense snack foods in grocery stores plays a role in the weight status of neighborhood residents.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20081225.html Nov 30, 2008 Nov 30, 2008

<p>This paper reviews documented changes in the food environment, changes in the physical activity environment and the mechanisms through which people respond to these environments, often without conscious awareness or control.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20081107.html Oct 31, 2008 Oct 31, 2008

<p>Childhood overweight has increased rapidly over the last two decades. Energy-dense foods are cheaper per calorie, which could be a partial explanation for why the highest rates of obesity are observed among groups of limited economic means.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP179.html Jul 10, 2007 Jul 10, 2007

<p>Ideally, improved agricultural practices should continue to increase food production while reducing environmental damage and other undesirable effects of current methods. Perennial polyculture farming could be an important step toward realizing that goal.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9263.html Jul 2, 2007 Jul 2, 2007

This research brief summarizes information about perennial polyculture farming and discusses its potential for reducing worldwide hunger and malnutrition, reversing environmental degradation, and redressing the loss of biodiversity.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060424.html Dec 31, 2005 Dec 31, 2005

<p>Indigenous children in school shelters in Mexico suffer from anemia in spite of food that is subsidized, prepared, and served to them.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20050330.html Dec 31, 2004 Dec 31, 2004

<p>Discusses the Impact of a major act of agricultural bio-terrorism in the United States.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG161.html Aug 17, 2004 Aug 17, 2004

<p>The world is now on the cusp of a new agricultural revolution, the so-called Gene Revolution, in which genetically modified (GM) crops are tailored to address chronic agricultural problems in certain regions of the world. This monograph report investigates the circumstances and processes that can induce and sustain this new agricultural revolution. The authors compare the Green Revolution of the 20th century with the GM crop movement to assess the agricultural, technological, sociological, and political differences between the two movements.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG135.html May 2, 2004 May 2, 2004

<p>Over the past decade, the United States has endeavored to increase its ability to detect, prevent, and respond to terrorist threats and incidents. The agriculture sector and the food industry in general, however, have received comparatively little attention with respect to protection against terrorist incidents. This study aims to expand the current debate on domestic homeland security by assessing the vulnerabilities of the agricultural sector and the food chain to a deliberate act of biological terrorism and exploring the likely outcomes of a successful attack.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB7565.html Dec 31, 2003 Dec 31, 2003

This research brief describes work documented in Hitting America&rsquo;s Soft Underbelly: The Potential Threat of Deliberate Biological Attacks Against the U.S. Agricultural and Food Industry (MG-135-OSD).

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2001/02/09/JIR.html Feb 9, 2001 Feb 9, 2001

Published commentary by RAND staff.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM1552.html Dec 31, 1954 Dec 31, 1954

A discussion of the developments proposed after the 1953 Soviet agricultural reforms to reduce the importance of private production in total food supply. In particular, this study discusses USSR plans to increase the production of specific crops and ...