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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.4 - AR Pts: 22
Description
Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. That's a lengthy list of charges, but Eric Scholsser makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit, and careful reasoning. Schlosser's myth-shattering survey stretches from California's subdivisions, where the business was born, to the industrial corridor...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.2 - AR Pts: 26
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Description
The author explores his theory that the food industry's used three essential ingredients to control much of the world's diet.
Traces the rise of the processed food industry and how addictive salt, sugar, and fat have enabled its dominance in the past half century, revealing deliberate corporate practices behind current trends in obesity, diabetes, and other health challenges.
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Pub. Date
2020.
Description
While many workers have been sent home amid the COVID-19 pandemic, those in our critical infrastructure industries are more essential than ever. In particular, it is vital that workers involved in the production and distribution of food continue to work to ensure ample food for our population. Here we outline three major concerns that might influence the ability of workers in these industries to continue showing up to work: new childcare obligations...
5) Kraft
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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about Kraft. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
In the tradition of Michael Pollan's bestselling In Defense of Food comes this remarkable chronicle, from a founding editor of Edible Baja Arizona, of a young woman's year-long journey of eating only whole, unprocessed foods-intertwined with a journalistic exploration of what "unprocessed" really means, why it matters, and how to afford it.
In January of 2012, Megan Kimble was a twenty-six-year-old living in a small apartment without even a garden...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Combining stunning visuals with insights and a lexicon of more than 200 agricultural terms explained by today's thought leaders, Local showcases and explores one of the most popular environmental trends: rebuilding local food movements.
When Douglas Gayeton took his young daughter to see the salmon run-a favorite pastime growing up in Northern California-he was devastated to find that a combination of urban sprawl, land mismanagement, and pollution...
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Series
Pub. Date
2013
Description
An accessible and balanced account, Food Politics laid the groundwork for today's food revolution and changed the way we respond to food industry marketing practices. Now, a new introduction and concluding chapter bring us up to date on the key events in that movement. This pathbreaking, prize-winning audiobook helps us understand more clearly than ever before what we eat and why.
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Is chocolate heart-healthy? Does yogurt prevent type 2 diabetes? Do pomegranates help cheat death? News accounts bombard us with such amazing claims, report them as science, and influence what we eat. Yet, as Marion Nestle explains, these studies are more about marketing than science; they are often paid for by companies that sell those foods. Whether it's a Coca-Cola-backed study hailing light exercise as a calorie neutralizer, or blueberry-sponsored...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Grocery stores have vastly increased the convenience and availability of food shopping, but they have also made it easier for the average consumer to ignore the conditions their food is grown or raised in. Generally, it is only when a deadly outbreak of food-borne illness occurs that people scrutinize the food industry. Illuminating text, augmented with informative charts and detailed fact boxes, provides a comprehensive guide to the history of food...
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
What if you can't afford nine-dollar tomatoes? That was the question award-winning journalist Tracie McMillan couldn't escape. In 2009 she embarked on a groundbreaking undercover journey to see what it takes to eat well in America. For nearly a year, she worked, ate, and lived alongside the working poor to examine how Americans eat when price matters.
14) Super size me
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock embarks on a journey to find out if fast food is making Americans fat. For 30 days he can't eat or drink anything that isn't on McDonald's menu; he must eat three square meals a day, he must eat everything on the menu at least once and supersize his meal if asked. He treks across the country interviewing a host of experts on fast food and a number of regular folk while downing McDonald's to try and find out why 37% of American...
16) Fed up
Pub. Date
2014
Description
It blows the lid off everything we thought we knew about food and weight loss, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and confuse the American public, resulting in one of the largest health epidemics in history. Narrated by Katie Couric, the documentary follows the controversial topic of childhood obesity.
"Stephanie Soechtig's documentary effectively gets the message out about America's addition...
18) Folks, this ain't normal: a farmer's advice for happier hens, healthier people, and a better world
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Description
From farmer Joel Salatin's point of view, life in the 21st century just ain't normal. In FOLKS, THIS AIN'T NORMAL, he discusses how far removed we are from the simple, sustainable joy that comes from living close to the land and the people we love. Salatin has many thoughts on what normal is and shares practical and philosophical ideas for changing our lives in small ways that have big impact. Salatin, hailed by the New York Times as "Virginia's...
19) Fast food
Series
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Discusses the controversy over the consumption of fast food in America by establishments such as McDonald's and Burger King through a series of essays that debate issues of obesity, animal abuse, and the environment in connection with the fast food industry.
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
"From breakfast cereal to frozen pizza to nutrition bars, processed foods are a fundamental part of our diet, accounting for 65% of our nation's yearly calories. Over the past century, technology has transformed the American meal into a chemical-laden smorgasbord of manipulated food products that bear little resemblence to what our grandparents ate. Despite the growing presence of farmers' markets and organic offerings, food additives and chemical...