Animal, vegetable, junk : a history of food, from sustainable to suicidal
(2021)
By:
Bittman, Mark
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
394.12/BITTMAN,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021
DESCRIPTION
xiv, 364 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781328974624, 1328974626 :, 9781328974624
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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 -- Soy and chicken -- The force-feeding of junk -- The green revolution -- The resistance -- Where we're at -- The way forward -- Conclusion: We are all eaters
"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"--