Bedford Public Library

Animal, vegetable, junk, a history of food, from sustainable to suicidal, Mark Bittman

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

Animal, vegetable, junk

bibliography

Mark Bittman

a history of food, from sustainable to suicidal

The history of Homo sapiens is usually told as a story of technology or economics. But there is a more fundamental driver: food. How we hunted and gathered explains our emergence as a new species and our earliest technology; our first food systems, from fire to agriculture, tell where we settled and how civilizations expanded. The quest for food for growing populations drove exploration, colonialism, slavery, even capitalism. A century ago, food was industrialized. Since then, new styles of agriculture and food production have written a new chapter of human history, one that?s driving both climate change and global health crises. Best-selling food authority Mark Bittman offers a panoramic view of the story and explains how we can rescue ourselves from the modern wrong turn.--, Provided by publisher

The food-brain feedback loop -- Soil and civilization -- Agriculture goes global -- Creating famine -- The American way of farming -- The farm as factory -- Dust and depression -- Food and the brand -- Vitamania and "the farm problem" -- Soy, chicken, and cholesterol -- Force-feeding junk -- The so-called Green revolution -- The resistance -- Where we're at -- The way forward -- Conclusion: We are all eaters