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.

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. 

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.