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The omnivore's dilemma [Young reader's edition] the secrets behind what you eat

In a smart, compelling format with updated facts, plenty of photos, graphs, and visuals, this book encourages kids to consider the personal and global health implications of their food choices.

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Main Author: Pollan, Michael (Author)
Other Authors: Chevat, Richie (adaptor.)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dial Books, 2009.
Edition:Young readers edition.
Subjects:
Food supply > Juvenile nonfiction.
Food chains (Ecology) > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Table of Contents:
  • Industrial meal: Food from corn: How corn took over America
  • The farm
  • From farm to factory
  • The grain elevator
  • The feedlot: turning corn into meat
  • Processed food
  • Fat from corn
  • The omnivore's dilemma
  • My fast-food meal
  • Industrial organic meal: Big organic
  • More big organic
  • Local sustainable meal: Food from grass: Polyface farm
  • Grass
  • The animals
  • The slaughterhouse
  • The market
  • My grass-fed meal
  • Do-it-yourself meal: Hunted, gathered, and gardened food: The forest
  • Eating animals
  • Hunting
  • Gathering
  • The perfect meal
  • Afterword: Vote with your fork
  • The omnivore's solution: some tips for eating
  • Q & A with Michael Pollan.

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