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

2021

Title:	Animal, vegetable, junk : a history of food, from sustainable to suicidal / Mark Bittman.
Author:	Bittman, Mark, author.
Format:	Book
Publisher, Date:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.
Description:	xiv, 364 pages ; 23 cm
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
Subjects:	Food habits -- United States -- History. Food habits -- Environmental aspects -- United States. Agriculture -- Social aspects -- United States. Agriculture -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-338) 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 so-called green revolution -- The resistance -- Where we're at -- The way forward -- Conclusion: We are all eaters.
ISBN:	9781328974624 1328974626
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Mark Bittman is the author of thirty acclaimed books, including How to Cook Everything. He was a New York Times columnist for more than two decades and has hosted four TV series, including the Emmy-winning Years of Living Dangerously. He is currently on faculty at Columbia University and editor-in-chief of Heated. He lives in Philipstown, New York.
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