Follows the path of industrial food, organic or alternative food, pastoral food, and foraged food from its source to its final meal to discover what Americans eat and what it says about their evolution. Discusses how the food choices that Americans make have long-reaching political, economic, psychological, and moral implications.
year: 2007, 2006
call number/section: 394.1, 1000, 615.95, 394.12, 4, 613, 338.1, 399.12, 520
subjects: food habits, food preferences, environmental aspects, eating customs, food, audiobooks, compact discs
Editions
Pollan, Michael
Penguin Books (2007)
Follows the three major food chains that feed humans--industrial, organic, and hunter-gatherer--from the earth to four meals, exploring the ethical and political effects of one's food choices.
Schools: 18
Pollan, Michael
Penguin Press (2006)
Follows the path of industrial food, organic or alternative food, pastoral food, and foraged food from its source to its final meal to discover what Americans eat and what it says about their evolution. Discusses how the food choices that Americans make have long-reaching political, economic, psychological, and moral implications.
Schools: 16
Pollan, Michael
Follows the three major food chains that feed humans--industrial, organic, and hunter-gatherer--from the earth to four meals, exploring the ethical and political effects of one's food choices.
Schools: 1