Description |
x, 326 pages ; 20 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-315) and index. |
Summary |
"Christopher D. Cook's investigation takes us beyond fast food and GMOs to explain why our entire food system is in crisis." "Food, our most basic necessity, has become a force behind a staggering array of social, economic, and environmental epidemics. Yet there is another way. Taking heart from the promising surge in organics, farmers' markets, and slow food, Cook argues cogently for a whole new way of looking at what we eat - one that places healthy, sustainable produced food at the top of the menu for political change."--BOOK JACKET. |
Contents |
Agricultural apocalypse -- One big supermarket -- food gone mad -- dying from consumption -- "Get big or get out" -- Agribusiness takes over -- Almost nothing left: the 1980s -- Hostile takeover: the new farm crisis -- Killing fields: the spraying of America -- The age of effluents -- Sliced and diced: the labor you eat -- Subsidizing madness, exporting misery -- The good news: a menu for change. |
Subject |
Food industry and trade -- Health aspects.
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Food adulteration and inspection.
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Convenience foods -- Health aspects.
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Genetically modified foods.
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Food contamination.
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Agricultural pollution.
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Food industry and trade -- Government policy -- United States.
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Agriculture and state -- United States.
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Nutrition policy -- United States.
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ISBN |
1565848640 (hardback) |
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9781565848641 (hardback) |
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9781595580849 (pbk.) |
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1595580840 (pbk.) |
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