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Animal, vegetable, junk : a history of food, from sustainable to suicidal  Cover Image Book Book

Animal, vegetable, junk : a history of food, from sustainable to suicidal / Mark Bittman.

Bittman, Mark, (author.).

Summary:

"From hunting and gathering to GMOs and ultraprocessed foods, this expansive tour of human history rewrites the story of our species-and points the way to a better future"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781328974624 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xiv, 364 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The food-brain feedback loop -- Soil and civilization -- Agriculture goes global -- Creating famine -- The American way of farming -- The farm as factory -- Dust and depression -- Food and the brand -- Vitamania and "the farm problem" -- Soy, chicken, and cholesterol -- Force-feeding junk -- The so-called green revolution -- The resistance -- Where we're at -- The way forward -- Conclusion : We are all eaters.
Subject: Agriculture > Environmental aspects > United States.
Food habits > Environmental aspects > United States.
Food habits > United States > History.
Agriculture > Social aspects > United States.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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