America's food
Subtitle: what you don't know about what you eat
By: Harvey Blatt.
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780262026529
Subjects: Food industry and trade -- Health aspects -- United States; Agriculture -- Environmental aspects -- United States
Other titles: What you don't know about what you eat
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Old Mcdonald has no farm: he dies, she dies, sold; title: Industrial agriculture: kill the soil, poison the crops; title: Grain farming: the basic crop; title: Organic food: as nature intended; title: Genetically modified food: food fights among adults; title: Chicken, eggs, turkey, and duck: fowl weather; title: Cattle, milk, swine, and sheep: raising cholesterol; title: Seafood: the killing fields; title: Fruits and vegetables: plants to cherish; title: Food processing: what is this stuff we are eating; title: Eating poorly and too much: poor health and body bloat.