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

By: Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021Description: xiv, 364 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781328974624
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 394.12 BIT 23
LOC classification:
  • GT2853.U5 B58 2021
Contents:
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, andcholesterol -- Force-feeding junk -- The so-called green revolution -- The resistance -- Where we're at -- The way forward -- Conclusion: We are all eaters.
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".
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Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
300 - 399 Hanover Public Library Shelves 394.1 BITT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001203406

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-341) and index.

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, andcholesterol -- Force-feeding junk -- The so-called green revolution -- The resistance -- Where we're at -- The way forward -- Conclusion: We are all eaters.

"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".

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