America's food : what you don't know about what you eat / Harvey Blatt.

What you don't know about what you eat

Blatt, Harvey.

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.

Food industry and trade--Health aspects--United States.
Agriculture--Environmental aspects--United States.

ix, 336 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-329) and index.

9780262026529 (hardcover)

Table of contents only

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