The omnivore's dilemma the secrets behind what you eat
Record details
- ISBN: 9781101147931 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- ISBN: 1101147938 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- ISBN: 9781101148761 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- ISBN: 1101148764 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
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Physical Description:
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298, [46] p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Edition: Young readers ed.
- Publisher: New York : Dial Books, c2009.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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 -- Industrial organic meal: Big organic -- More big organic -- Local sustainable meal: Food from grass: Polyface farm -- Grass -- The animals -- The slaughterhouse -- The market -- My grass-fed meal -- 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. |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 6.8 11 |
Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. New York : Penguin USA, Inc., 2009. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 11252 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 8262 KB). |
Awards Note: | A Junior Library Guild selection |
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Subject: | Food supply -- Juvenile literature Food chains (Ecology) -- Juvenile literature Food supply Food chains (Ecology) |
Genre: | Electronic books. |