American organic
Subtitle: a cultural history of farming, gardening, shopping, and eating
By: Robin O'Sullivan
Series: CultureAmerica; Culture America
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780700621330; 9780700621583
Subjects: Organic farming; Natural foods; History
Description: In American Organic we see how organic growing and consumption has been everything from a practical decision, lifestyle choice, and status marker to a political deed, subversive effort, and social philosophy - and how organic production and consumption are entrenched in the lives of all Americans, whether they eat organic food or not.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Organic destiny; title: A noisy spring: "genius?" or "fraud?"; title: An alternative way to live; title: Leaders, land lovers, locavores, labels, laws, and a little lunacy; title: Individual organic optimization: health hopes and fears; title: Organic consumers: voting with dollars and forging identities.