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2016.
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Overview: An urgent and at times terrifying dispatch from a distinguished reporter who has given heart and soul to his subject. Hampton Sides When the demographer Robert Malthus (1766-1834) famously outlined the brutal relationship between food and population, he never imagined the success of modern scientific agriculture. In the mid-twentieth century, an unprecedented agricultural advancement known as the Green Revolution brought hybrid seeds,...
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2017.
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The bananas we eat today aren't your parents' bananas: We eat a recognizable, consistent breakfast fruit that was standardized in the 1960s from dozens into one basic banana. But because of that, the banana we love is dangerously susceptible to a pathogen that might wipe them out.That's the story of our food today: Modern science has brought us produce in perpetual abundance-once-rare fruits are seemingly never out of season, and we breed and clone...
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Pub. Date
2017.
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Become a zero-waste hero with these smart and simple ideas to shop, plan, cook, and eat waste free. Use ingredients from top to bottom - salvage stale bread to thicken soups, and elevate eggshells to a protein-packed smoothie. Grow-it, don't throw it - give lettuce cores and potato peels a second life, and love your leftovers with tasty ideas for using up cooked potato, pasta, and rice. Give 3 zero-waste twists to 10 classic recipes - pump up pesto...
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[2010]
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In What's On Your Plate?, seven kids and their families explore the food chain, sharing fundamental questions and vital discoveries. With honesty, humor, and creativity, they face serious issues including the lack of access to fresh food; health problems such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and food allergies; and the national school lunch program. They celebrate time together by cooking and gathering at the table. The stories, recipes, and terrific...