The End of Food
by Roberts, Paul
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0618606238
- ISBN 13
- 9780618606238
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Synopsis
Salmonella-tainted tomatoes, riots, and skyrocketing prices are only the latest in a series of food-related crises that have illuminated the failures of the modern food system. In The End of Food, Paul Roberts investigates this system and presents a startling truthhow we make, market, and transport our food is no longer compatible with the billions of consumers the system was built to serve. The emergence of large-scale and efficient food production forever changed our relationship with food and ultimately left a vulnerable and paradoxical system in place. High-volume factory systems create new risks for food-borne illness; high-yield crops generate grain, produce, and meat of declining nutritional quality; and while nearly a billion people are overweight, roughly as many people are starving. In this vivid narrative, Roberts presents clear, stark visions of the future and helps us prepare to make the necessary decisions to survive the demise of food production as we know it.
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- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034754
- Title
- The End of Food
- Author
- Roberts, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 2nd Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0618606238
- ISBN 13
- 9780618606238
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2008
- Pages
- 390
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Food Supply; Nutrition; Food Industry And Trade - Environmental Aspects; Food Industry And Trade - Social Aspects; Nutrition Policy. Economic Policy, Macroeconomics, Agribusiness, Environmental Science
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