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The omnivore's dilemma a natural history of four meals

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The New York Times bestseller that's changing America's diet is now perfect for younger readers "What's for dinner?" seemed like a simple question -- until journalist and supermarket detective Michael Pollan delved behind the scenes. From fast food and big organic to small farms and old-fashioned hu...

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Main Author: Pollan, Michael
Format: Downloads eBook Books eBook
Language:English
Published: 2009.
Edition:Young Readers.
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Summary:The New York Times bestseller that's changing America's diet is now perfect for younger readers "What's for dinner?" seemed like a simple question -- until journalist and supermarket detective Michael Pollan delved behind the scenes. From fast food and big organic to small farms and old-fashioned hunting and gathering, this young readers' adaptation of Pollan's famous food-chain exploration encourages kids to consider the personal and global health implications of their food choices. In a smart, compelling format with updated facts, plenty of photos, graphs, and visuals, as well as a new afterword and backmatter, The Omnivore's Dilemma serves up a bold message to the generation that needs it most: It's time to take charge of our national eating habits -- and it starts with you.
Physical Description:1 online resource
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Audience:Text Difficulty 4 - Text Difficulty 6
MG+/Upper middle grades (6th-12th)
930
6.8
ISBN:9781101148761
Author Notes:Michael Pollan is the author of five books: Second Nature , A Place of My Own , The Botany of Desire , which received the Borders Original Voices Award for the best nonfiction work of 2001 and was recognized as a best book of the year by the American Booksellers Association and Amazon, and the national bestellers, The Omnivore's Dilemma , and In Defense of Food .

A longtime contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine , Pollan is also the Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley. His writing on food and agriculture has won numerous awards, including the Reuters/World Conservation Union Global Award in Environmental Journalism, the James Beard Award, and the Genesis Award from the American Humane Association.


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