Food, Inc. : how industrial food is making us sicker, fatter and poorer -- and what you can do about it / edited by Karl Weber.

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: New York : PublicAffairs, c2009.

ISBN: 9781586486945 (pbk.)
1586486942 (pbk.)

Description: xi, 321 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject: Food industry and trade United States.

Contents: Reforming fast food nation: a conversation with Eric Schlosser -- Exploring the corporate powers behind the food we eat: the making of Food, Inc / by Robert Kenner -- Organics-healthy food, and so much more / by Gary Hirshberg -- Food, science, and the challenge of world hunger-who will control the future? / by Peter Pringle -- The ethanol scam: burning food to make motor fuel / by Robert Bryce -- The climate crisis at the end of your fork / by Anna Lappe -- Cheap food: workers pay the price / by Arturo Rodriguez with Alexa Delwiche and Sheheryar Kaoosji -- The financial crisis and world hunger / by Muhammad Yunus -- Why bother? / by Michael Pollan -- Declare your independence / by Joel Salatin -- Eating made simple / by Marion Nestle -- Improving kids' nutrition: an action tool kit for parents and citizens / by the Center for Science in the Public Interest -- Produce to the people: a prescription for health / by Preston Maring.