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Like most Americans, Steve Ettlinger eats processed foods. And, like most consumers, he often reads the ingredients label-without a clue as to what most of it means. So when his young daughter asked, "Daddy, what's polysorbate 60?" he was at a loss-and determined to find out. From the phosphate mines in Idaho to the corn fields in Iowa, from gypsum mines in Oklahoma to the vanilla harvest in Madagascar, Twinkie, Deconstructed is a fascinating, thoroughly...

This inspiring cookbook answers the call for healthy recipes for family-friendly organic meals--snacks, breakfasts, lunches, dinners, desserts, and extras. Sidebars and tips throughout promote green living--family-specific gardening ideas and inspiration for community building and sustainable living. Recipes are wholesome and kid-and family-tested and approved.

Offers buying tips, culinary uses, health benefits, and nutritional tables.

" "Tomorrow's Table" argues that a judicious blend of two important strands of agriculture--genetic engineering and organic farming--is key to helping feed the world's growing population in an ecologically balanced manner. Pamela Ronald, a geneticist, and her husband, Raoul Adamchak, an organic farmer, take the reader inside their lives for roughly a year, allowing us to look over their shoulders so that we can see what geneticists and organic farmers...

The controversy surrounding genetically modified foods has reached fever pitch. This three-part documentary chronicles the rise of biotechnology and the widespread acceptance of GM crops throughout America; GM technology's failure across the Atlantic, where the multinationals' attempts to ride roughshod over opposition resulted in a violent backlash; and the next generation of GM crops, which could administer medicine. Nobel Prize winning scientists,...

Provides tips for storing, preparing, and preserving the fresh, seasonal ingredients available with a Community Supported Agriculture subscription and farmer's markets.

This cutting-edge series reveals the awe-inspiring future of tomorrow’s food. With amazing innovations and jaw-dropping advances from around the world that will soon be on our doorstep - from future-facing farms whose crops never see daylight to space-age supermarket aisles and restaurants staffed by robots. We’re living in a world where computers can give us brand-new taste sensations; where our burger is more likely to come from a petri dish...

"A Cultural History of Food presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. This set of six volumes covers nearly 3,000 years of food and its physical, spiritual, social and cultural dimensions."--

The average person consumes way too much sugar--without evening knowing it. This video reveals the true sugar content of eveyday food products and the negative health effects of a high-sugar diet. Guiding viewers through the aisles of a grocery store, nutritionist Beth Mansfield explains the fine points of nutrition labels and explores ways to figure out the actual amount of sugar in fruit juice, snack bars, cereals, and other supposedly healthy fare....