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

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

Bittman, Mark (author.).

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.

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  • ISBN: 9781328974624
  • Physical Description: xiv, 364 pages ; 24 cm
    regular print
    print
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021
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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Agriculture -- Environmental aspects -- United States
Agriculture -- Social aspects -- United States
Food habits -- Environmental aspects -- United States
Food habits -- United States -- History

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Castlegar Campus Library GT 2853 U5 B58 2021 (Text) B001684372 General Volume hold Available -

Introduction xi
PART I THE BIRTH OF GROWING
1 The Food-Brain Feedback Loop
3(17)
2 Soil And Civilization
20(17)
3 Agriculture Goes Global
37(14)
4 Creating Famine
51(19)
5 The American Way Of Farming
70(21)
PART II THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
6 The Farm As Factory
91(18)
7 Dust And Depression
109(20)
8 Food And The Brand
129(20)
9 Vitamania And "The Farm Problem"
149(20)
10 Soy, Chicken, And Cholesterol
169(15)
11 Force-Feeding Junk
184(17)
12 The So-Called Green Revolution
201(20)
PART III CHANGE
13 The Resistance
221(22)
14 Where We're At
243(22)
15 The Way Forward
265(24)
Conclusion: We Are All Eaters 289(11)
Acknowledgments 300(3)
Notes 303(36)
Selected Readings 339(3)
Index 342(21)
About the Author 363

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