Index 2
unions, 6
United States Agency for
International Development
(USAID), 88 – 89
United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA). See
also Food Safety Inspection
Service (FSIS)
anti-competitive behavior and,
– 8
conflicting programs of, 92 – 9
establishment of, 90
food pyramid guidelines and,
68 – 69
research and development and,
0
seed shipping by, 2 – 28
value-added products, 6
Vavilov, Nikolai, 24 – 25
vegetable oil, 8
Venezuela, 5 – 56
viewpoints, opposing,
vitamins, 08 – 09 , 69 – 0
volcanic eruptions, 5
Volkswagen Group, 224 – 225
W. K. Kellogg Foundation, 4
wages, 222
Walmart, 8 , 22
Washington, George, 69 , 89 – 90 , 2
waste, 68 - 69 , 8 , 206 , 2 5 , 224
animal, 9 , , 2 8 ,
water cycle,
water supplies
accessibility of, 2 – 4
Colorado River basin and, 5 – 6
community social norms and,
8 – 8
history of controlling, 4 –
water utilities, 4
watermaster position in Peru, 86
The Wealth of Nations (Smith),
5 – 6 , 2
weeds, 52 , 6 , 4 , 29 , 88 , 95 ,
9 - 98 , 205 , 2 4 , 226 , 2
whale oil,
wheat. See also grains
bread and, 2 –
breeding of, 05
Dust Bowl and, 9
futures markets and, 40
peak-rate and, 226
wildfires, 98
windmills, 4
Winterstein, Scott, 4 – 5
World Trade Organization (WTO),
62
World War II, 9 , 09 , 2 – 26 ,
95 – 96
yogurt, – 2 , 6