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Animal, vegetable, junk : a history of food, from sustainable to suicidal / Mark Bittman.
An expansive look at how history has been shaped by humanity's appetite for food, farmland, and the money behind it all--and how a better future is within reach.
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- ISBN: 9781328974624 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1328974626 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xiv, 364 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-341) and index. Introduction -- Part 1: The birth of growing. The food-brain feedback loop ; Soil and civilization ; Agriculture goes global ; Creating famine ;The American way of farming -- Part 2: The twentieth century. The farm as factory ; Dust and depression ; Food and the brand ; Vitamania and "the farm problem" ; Soy, chicken and cholesterol ; Force-feeding junk ; The so-called green revolution -- Part 3: Change. The resistance ; Where we're at ; The way forward -- Conclusion: We are all eaters. |
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| Subject: | Food habits > United States > History. Food habits > Environmental aspects > United States. Agriculture > Social aspects > United States. Agriculture > Environmental aspects > United States. |
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- 2 of 3 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Easton Area Public Library System.
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- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Easton Main Library | 394.12 B624a (Text) | 31901004481430 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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