There has been growing academic interest in local food plants. This is a subject that lies at the frontiers of knowledge of various areas, such as environmental sciences, nutrition, public health, and humanities. To date, however, we do not have a book bringing these multi-disciplinary perspectives to bear on this complex field. 
This book presents the current state of knowledge on local Brazilian food plants through a multidisciplinary approach, including an overview of food plants in Brazil, as well as comprehensive nutritional data. It compiles basic theories on the interrelationship between biodiversity and food and nutrition security, as well as ethnobotanical knowledge of local Brazilian food plants. Additionally, this title provides various methods of learning and teaching the subject, including through social media, artificial intelligence, and through workshops, among others.

Preface

Part 1. Basics on Food Plants and Biodiversity in a Multidisciplinary Approach
Food Biodiversity Key Concepts
Food Systems towards Food and Nutrition Security: The Food Biodiversity Role
Biodiversity, Cultural Diversity and Food Cultures
Unconventional Food Plants: Food or Medicine?
The Potential of Unconventional Food Plants for Improving Diets and Nutrition
Part 2. Brazilian Food Plants: An Overview
Brazilian Unconventional Food Plants and National Policies to Strengthen Food and Nutrition Security through Biodiversity
Food Plants from Brazilian Biodiversity as a Source of Bioactive Compounds
Natural Toxins in Brazilian Unconventional Food Plants: A Review
Part 3. Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Brazilian Food Plants
Brazilian Food Plants Reported by Scientific Travelers and Naturalists: Key Plants from the Past to the Future
Brazilian Food Plants and Indigenous People: Trends in Archaeobotany
Famine Foods: Thoughts from a Caatinga Research Experience
Part 4. Nutritional Composition Data on Brazilian Food Plants by Biome
Food Plants in Cerrado
Food Plants in Caatinga
Food Plants in Pampas
Food Plants in Amazonia
Food Plants in Pantanal
Food Plants in Atlantic Rainforest
Part 5. Consumption of Brazilian Food Plants
Challenges to Assess Sustainable Diets in Nutritional Science: A Case Study in Caatinga Biome
Potential for Popularization of Unconventional Food Plants Based on Local Perception
Potential of Unconventional Food Plants Value Chains
Food Plants of Brazilian's Sociobiodiversity in the National School Feeding Program
Part 6. Learning and Teaching Brazilian Food Plants
E-Learning through Social Networking Sites: A Case Study from Facebook
Plant Identification Using Artificial Intelligence: Innovative Strategies for Teaching Food Biodiversity
A Garden Laboratory: Food Biodiversity Research Skills for Nutrition Students
The "PANC na City" and "Horta City Lapa" Experiences: Learning and Teachingon Unconventional Food Plants in the Brazilian Urban Context
Food Sovereignty for Lunch: Workshops in an Unconventional Farm
Index.