Animal, Vegetable, Junk
A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.
Format: Book
Description: xiv, 364 pages ; 24 cm
"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.
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.
Subjects:
Food habits -- United States -- History.
Food habits -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
Agriculture -- Social aspects -- United States.
Agriculture -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
Food habits -- United States -- History.
Food habits -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
Agriculture -- Social aspects -- United States.
Agriculture -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
ISBN:
1328974626
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Cultures Food Bit | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.