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Genre/Form: | Instructional and educational works History Self-help publications |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Bittman, Mark. Animal, vegetable, junk Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021 (DLC) 2020034052 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Mark Bittman |
ISBN: | 9781328974624 1328974626 9780358392422 035839242X |
OCLC Number: | 1184122217 |
Description: | xiv, 364 pages ; 24 cm |
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 -- Vitamania and "the farm problem" -- Soy, chicken, and cholesterol -- Force-feeding junk -- The so-called green revolution -- The resistance -- Where we're at -- The way forward -- Conclusion: We are all eaters. |
Responsibility: | Mark Bittman. |
Abstract:
From hunting and gathering to GMOs and ultra processed foods, this expansive tour of human history rewrites the story of our species - and points the way to a better future.
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