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Food, Inc : how industrial food is making us sicker, fatter and poorer -- and what you can do about it / edited by Karl Weber.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food industry and trade--United States.
- Food industry and trade.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : PublicAffairs, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A whole new kind of movie tie-in?the first in a series?goes behind the scenes and deeper into the issues and ideas raised by a provocative documentary on the contemporary way of eating
- Contents:
- Reforming fast food nation: a conversation with Eric Schlosser
- Exploring the corporate powers behind the food we eat: the making of Food, Inc / by Robert Kenner
- Organics-healthy food, and so much more / by Gary Hirshberg
- Food, science, and the challenge of world hunger-who will control the future? / by Peter Pringle
- The ethanol scam: burning food to make motor fuel / by Robert Bryce
- The climate crisis at the end of your fork / by Anna Lappe
- Cheap food: workers pay the price / by Arturo Rodriguez with Alexa Delwiche and Sheheryar Kaoosji
- The financial crisis and world hunger / by Muhammad Yunus
- Why bother? / by Michael Pollan
- Declare your independence / by Joel Salatin
- Eating made simple / by Marion Nestle
- Improving kids' nutrition: an action tool kit for parents and citizens / by the Center for Science in the Public Interest
- Produce to the people: a prescription for health / by Preston Maring.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-307) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-46010-2
- 9786612460104
- 0-7867-4141-4
- OCLC:
- 609854497
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