This three-volume work examines all facets of the modern U.S. food
system, including the nation's most important food and agriculture
laws, the political forces that shape modern food policy, and the
food production trends that are directly impacting the lives of
every American family. Americans are constantly besieged by
conflicting messages about food, the environment, and health and
nutrition. Are foods with genetically modified ingredients safe?
Should we choose locally grown food? Is organic food better than
conventional food? Are concentrated animal feed operations
destroying the environment? Should food corporations target young
children with their advertising and promotional campaigns? This
comprehensive three-volume set addresses all of these questions and
many more, probing the problems created by the industrial food
system, examining conflicting opinions on these complex food
controversies, and highlighting the importance of food in our lives
and the decisions we make each time we eat. The coverage of each of
the many controversial food issues in the set offers perspectives
from different sides to encourage readers to examine various
viewpoints and make up their own minds. The first volume, Food and
the Environment, addresses timely issues such as climate change,
food waste, pesticides, and sustainable foods. Volume two, entitled
Food and Health and Nutrition, addresses subjects like antibiotics,
food labeling, and the effects of salt and sugar on our health. The
third volume, Food and the Economy, tackles topics such as food
advertising and marketing, food corporations, genetically modified
foods, globalization, and megagrocery chains. Each volume contains
several dozen primary documents that include firsthand accounts
written by promoters and advertisers, journalists, politicians and
government officials, and supporters and critics of various views
related to food and beverages, representing speeches,
advertisements, articles, books, portions of major laws, and
government documents, to name a few. These documents provide
readers additional resources from which to form informed opinions
on food issues. Examines a breadth of contemporary food
controversies and offers diverse viewpoints on them, placing these
perspectives fairly into a broader historical context Presents a
multidisciplinary approach to the subject of food that highlights
related issues in transportation, business, diet and nutrition,
public health, the environment, and public policy Includes primary
documents that illuminate important laws, policies, and
perspectives on the environmental, public health, and economic
impact of food Provides readers with the latest information about
food controversies as well as extensive resources for further study
on major food controversies
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