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.
Details
ISBN:9781101993828
ISBN:1101993820
ISBN:9781101993835
ISBN:1101993839
Physical Description:377 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Edition:Young readers edition.
Publisher:New York :Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Books (USA) LLC,[2015]
General Note:
"With new preface"--Dustjacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-377) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.