This book examines the fundamental questions surrounding the issue of how we prepare and eat our food. What is food technology? How has buying and selling food changed? How big a problem is obesity? Who invented frozen foods?--

Ultra-processed and secretly produced foods are roaring back into vogue, cheered by consumers and investors because they are plant-based-often vegan-and help address societal issues. And as our food system leaps ahead to a sterilized lab of the future, we think we know more about our food than we ever did, but because so much is happening so rapidly, we actually know less. In 'Technically Food', investigative reporter Larissa Zimberoff pokes holes...

Paul Roberts, the best-selling author of The End of Oil, turns his attention to the modern food economy and finds that the system entrusted to meet our most basic need is failing. In this carefully researched, vivid narrative, Roberts lays out the stark economic realities behind modern food and shows how our system of making, marketing, and moving what we eat is growing less and less compatible with the billions of consumers that system was built...

Come along with favorite Sesame Street characters in celebrating grocery store workers. From helping guests find what they need to shelving merchandise, grocery store workers are important community helpers--

With females as one of the fastest growing sectors of the hobby-farming community, the time is right for practical advice and guidance from women to women. Written by naturalist, gardener, and farmer-in-training Karne Lanier, this insightful volume provides inspiration and direction for fellow females with agricultural aspirations. The Woman Hobby Farmer packs a lot of wisdom and experience into its pages, featuring interviews with and answers from...

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...

Introduce your child to the historical and modern context of food production and distribution in the children’s book Natural, Artificial, and Man-Made. Where does your food come from, and is it natural or modified? Learn about how ancient trade routes and selective breeding have impacted food production and distribution throughout history. Book Features: • This children’s book features a glossary, after-reading questions, and an extension...

"Engaging images accompany information about General Mills. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--

Explains the political and economic reasons behind the simultaneous hunger and obesity epidemics worldwide, and describes what is being done to eliminate these disparities