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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.

Contributor(s): Weber, Karl, 1953-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : PublicAffairs, c2009Edition: 1st ed.Description: xi, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781586486945 (pbk.); 1586486942.Other title: Food, incorporated.Subject(s): Food industry and trade -- United States | Food industry -- United StatesDDC classification: 338.4/7664/00973
Contents:
Reforming fast food nation: a conversation with Eric Schlosser -- Exploring the corporate powers behind the way 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 Lappé -- 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.
Summary: A companion book to the documentary "Food, Inc." that explores the issues raised by the movie, including the industrialization of the food supply, the benefits of organic eating, food myths, the link between the U.S. food system and global warming, the global impact of food industrialization, and other related topics.
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A companion book to the documentary "Food, Inc." that explores the issues raised by the movie, including the industrialization of the food supply, the benefits of organic eating, food myths, the link between the U.S. food system and global warming, the global impact of food industrialization, and other related topics.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-307) and index.

Reforming fast food nation: a conversation with Eric Schlosser -- Exploring the corporate powers behind the way 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 Lappé -- 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.

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