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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Harvey Blatt |
| ISBN: | 9780262026529 026202652X 0262515954 9780262515955 |
| OCLC Number: | 216938344 |
| Description: | ix, 336 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Old Mcdonald has no farm: he dies, she dies, sold -- Soil character and plant growth: nature's magic -- Grain farming: the basic crop -- Organic food: as nature intended -- Genetically modified food: food fights among adults -- Chicken, eggs, turkey, and duck: fowl weather -- Cattle, milk, swine, and sheep: raising cholesterol -- Seafood: the killing fields -- Fruits and vegetables: plants to cherish -- Food processing: what is this stuff we're eating -- Eating poorly and too much: poor health and body bloat. |
| Other Titles: | What you don't know about what you eat |
| Responsibility: | Harvey Blatt. |
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"An excellent primer on the food we eat today." --Brian Halweil, Worldwatch Institute "If you suspect something may be fundamentally wrong with the food you have been eating, you are right. Harvey Blatt's new book, America's Food, provides a multitude of scientific facts, understandable statistics, and logical conclusions that will confirm your suspicions. This highly readable book will almost certainly cause you to change how and what you eat." --John Ikerd, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri, Columbia, author of Sustainable Capitalism "Comprehensive, informative, readable: a good primer on America's food supply and eating habits." --Vaclav Smil, Distinguished Professor at the University of Manitoba, author of Energy in Nature and Society and Feeding the World Read more...
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- Landwirtschaft.
- Gesundheit.
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