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Author Bittman, Mark, author.

Title Animal, vegetable, junk : a history of food, from sustainable to suicidal / Mark Bittman.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2046380~S1
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Description xiv, 364 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-341) and index.
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 -- 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.
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.
Subject Food habits -- United States -- History.
Food habits -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
Agriculture -- Social aspects -- United States.
Agriculture -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
ISBN 9781328974624 (hardcover)
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