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

Bittman, Mark (author.).

Summary: 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: 1328974626 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9781328974624 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xiv, 364 pages ; 24 cm
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  • Publisher: Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2021]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note: 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.
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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  • 27 of 28 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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Albright Memorial Library 394.12 BITTMAN (Text) 50686015568921 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 394.12 BIT (Text) 33240004211283 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Cambria County Library 394.12 B624a (Text) 85131001747386 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Carbondale Public Library 394.12 BITTMAN (Text) 50688010786920 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Degenstein Community Library NF 394.12 BITTMAN (Text) 35031301189170 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults 394.1 BIT Nonfiction (Text) 34001001388659 Adult Area Available -
Exeter Community Library 394.12 BIT (Text) 33249024774527 Non-fiction Available -
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Indian Valley Public Library 394.12 Bittman Food (Text) 39427103567608 Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction Available -


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