The Omnivore's Dilemma : : the Secrets Behind What you eat
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"With new preface"--Dustjacket.
Part I: The industrial meal : food from corn. How corn took over America ; The farm ; From farm to factory ; The grain elevator ; The feedlot : turning corn into meat ; Processed food ; Fat from corn ; The omnivore's dilemma ; My fast-food meal -- Part II: The industrial organic meal. Big organic ; More big organic -- Part III: The local sustainable meal : food from grass. Polyface farm ; Grass ; The animals ; The slaughterhouse ; The market ; My grass-fed meal -- Part IV: The do-it-yourself meal : hunted, gathered, and gardened food. The forest ; Eating animals ; Hunting ; Gathering ; The perfect meal -- Afterword: Vote with your fork -- The omnivore's solution : some tips for eating -- Q & A with Michael Pollan.
An adaptation of the famous book offers insight into food consumption in the twenty-first century, explaining how an abundance of unlimited food varieties reveals the responsibilities of consumers to protect their health and the environment.
Contents: Omnivore's dilemma.
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COMMUNITY REVIEWS
Wonderful submitted by crp on August 28, 2019, 10:05pm Book by Michael Pollan - it really changed our way of eating and buying produce in our family
PUBLISHED
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Books (USA) LLC, [2015]
Year Published: 2015
Description: 377 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781101993828
1101993820
9781101993835
1101993839
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Pollan, Michael.
SUBJECTS
Food habits.
Food preferences.