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

By: Publisher: Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: xiv, 364 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780358392422
  • 035839242X
  • 9780358394839
  • 035839483X
  • 9781328974624
  • 1328974626
Subject(s): 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 -- 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.
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks GT2853 .U5 B58 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001496685

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"-- Provided by publisher.

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