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Tomatoland : how modern industrial agriculture destroyed our most alluring fruit / Barry Estabrook.
Investigative food journalist Barry Estabrook reveals the huge human and environmental cost of the $5 billion fresh tomato industry and the price we pay as a society when we take taste and thought out of our food purchases.
Record details
- ISBN: 1449401090 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 1449401090 (hbk.)
- Physical Description: xvii, 220 p. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Kansas City, Mo. : Andrews McMeel, c2011.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-206) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : On the tomato trail -- Roots -- A tomato grows in Florida -- Chemical warfare -- From the hands of a slave -- An unfair fight -- A penny per pound -- Matters of taste -- Building a better tomato -- Tomatoman -- Epilogue : Wild things. |
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Subject: | Tomatoes > History. Agriculture > Environmental aspects > United States. Agricultural ecology > United States. Organic farming > United States. |