| Description |
x, 326 pages ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
1. Agricultural apocalypse -- 2. One big supermarket -- 3. Food gone mad -- 4. Dying from consumption -- 5. "Get big or get out" -- 6. Agribusiness takes over -- 7. Almost nothing left : the 1980s -- 8. Hostile takeover : the new farm crisis -- 9. Killing fields : the spraying of America -- 10. The age of effluents -- 11. Sliced and diced : the labor you eat -- 12. Subsidizing madness, exporting misery -- 13. The good news : a menu for change |
| Summary |
"Christopher D. Cook's investigation takes us beyond fast food and GMOs to explain why our entire food system is in crisis." "Food, our most basic necessity, has become a force behind a staggering array of social, economic, and environmental epidemics. Yet there is another way. Taking heart from the promising surge in organics, farmers' markets, and slow food, Cook argues cogently for a whole new way of looking at what we eat - one that places healthy, sustainable produced food at the top of the menu for political change."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references : pages [283]-315 |
| Subject |
Food industry and trade -- Health aspects.
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Food adulteration and inspection.
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Convenience foods -- Health aspects.
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Genetically modified foods.
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Food contamination.
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Agricultural pollution.
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Food industry and trade -- Government policy -- United States.
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Agriculture and state -- United States.
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Nutrition policy -- United States.
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| LC no. |
2004040324 |
| ISBN |
1565848640 hardback |
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