Main Title |
American wasteland : how America throws away nearly half of its food (and what we can do about it) / |
Author |
Bloom, Jonathan,
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Publisher |
Lifelong Books/Da Capo Press, |
Year Published |
2011 |
OCLC Number |
720599422 |
ISBN |
0738215287; 9780738215280; 9780738213644 (hbk.); 0738213640 (hbk.); 9780738214368 (ebook); 0738214361 (ebook) |
Subjects |
Food supply--United States ;
Waste (Economics)--United States ;
Food industry and trade--Waste disposal--United States ;
Salvage (Waste, etc)--United States
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EIAM |
HD9005.B654 2011 |
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Region 2 Library/New York,NY |
07/15/2013 |
EOAM |
HD9005.B654 2011 |
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Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO |
08/18/2015 |
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Edition |
1st Da Capo Press pbk. ed. |
Collation |
xvi, 366 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Notes |
Originally published in hardcover: 2010. With new appendix. Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents Notes |
This book examines food waste in the United States, what it says about Americans, the economic and environmental impacts of food waste, and how to lessen what is wasted. As more people are going hungry while simultaneously more people are morbidly obese, this work sheds light on the history, culture, and mindset of waste while exploring the parallel eco-friendly and sustainable food movements. As the era of unprecedented prosperity comes to an end, it is time to reexamine our culture of excess. Working at both a local grocery store and a major fast food chain and volunteering with a food recovery group, the author also interviews experts from Brian Wansink to Alice Waters to Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen and digs up not only why and how we waste, but, more importantly, what we can do to change our ways.--publisher description. |
Place Published |
Cambridge, MA |
PUB Date Free Form |
2011 |
BIB Level |
m |
Medium |
unmediated |
Content |
text |
Carrier |
volume |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
Merged OCLC records |
642286040 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20150810153027 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
03948cam 2200613Ii 45020 |