The end of food
Roberts, Paul, 1961
The end of food / Paul Roberts - Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company , 2008. - xxvi, 390 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-365) and index.
Starving for progress (history) -- Its so easy now -- Buy one, get one free -- Tipping the scales -- Eating for strength -- The end of hunger -- We are what we eat -- How long can this go on? -- Magic pill/hair of the dog -- Food fight -- Nouvelle cuisine.
"Paul Roberts turns his attention to the modern food economy and finds that the system entrusted to meet our most basic need is failing." "In this carefully researched, vivid narrative, Roberts lays out the stark economic realities behind modern food and shows how our system of making, marketing, and moving what we eat is growing less and less compatible with the billions of consumers that system was built to serve." "Comprehensive in scope and full of fresh insights, The End of Food presents a lucid, stark vision of the future. It is a call for us to make crucial decisions to help us survive the demise of food production as we know it."--BOOK JACKET.
9780618606238
2007036031
Food supply
Nutrition
Food industry and trade----Environmental aspects
Food industry and trade----Social aspects
Nutrition policy
HD9000.5 / .R578 2008
363.8 ROB
The end of food / Paul Roberts - Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company , 2008. - xxvi, 390 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-365) and index.
Starving for progress (history) -- Its so easy now -- Buy one, get one free -- Tipping the scales -- Eating for strength -- The end of hunger -- We are what we eat -- How long can this go on? -- Magic pill/hair of the dog -- Food fight -- Nouvelle cuisine.
"Paul Roberts turns his attention to the modern food economy and finds that the system entrusted to meet our most basic need is failing." "In this carefully researched, vivid narrative, Roberts lays out the stark economic realities behind modern food and shows how our system of making, marketing, and moving what we eat is growing less and less compatible with the billions of consumers that system was built to serve." "Comprehensive in scope and full of fresh insights, The End of Food presents a lucid, stark vision of the future. It is a call for us to make crucial decisions to help us survive the demise of food production as we know it."--BOOK JACKET.
9780618606238
2007036031
Food supply
Nutrition
Food industry and trade----Environmental aspects
Food industry and trade----Social aspects
Nutrition policy
HD9000.5 / .R578 2008
363.8 ROB
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