Food in America : the past, present, and future of food, farming, and the family meal / Andrew F. Smith.

Author: Smith, Andrew F., 1946- author.

ImprintSanta Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017]

Description3 volumes : illustrations ; 27 cm

Note:Each volume includes landmark documents and a chronology of landmark events.

Note:Includes some primary source material.

Note:Volume 1. Food and the environment -- History -- Climate change -- Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) -- Fertilizer -- Fish and shellfish -- Food waste -- Locavores -- Organic -- Pesticides -- Sustainable food -- Water -- volume 2. Food and health and nutrition -- History -- Antibiotics -- Diets -- Food additives -- Food insecurity -- Food labeling -- foodborne illness -- Obesity -- Salt -- Soda -- Sugar -- volume 3. Food and the economy -- History -- Advertising and marketing -- Aquaculture -- Fast food -- Food corporations -- Genetically modified food -- Globalization -- Industrial farming -- Labor -- Meat -- Megagrocery chains.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

Note:Recommended in Resources for College Libraries.

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