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

Bittman, Mark,

Animal, vegetable, junk : a history of food, from sustainable to suicidal / Mark Bittman. - xiv, 364 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references 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 -- Soy and chicken -- The force-feeding of junk -- The 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"--

9780358392422 035839242X 9780358394839 035839483X 9781328974624 1328974626

2020034051


Food habits--History.--United States
Food habits--Environmental aspects--United States.
Agriculture--Social aspects--United States.
Agriculture--Environmental aspects--United States.

GT2853 .U5 / B58 2021

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