| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 360 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Waste from farm to fork -- Does food waste really matter? Why you should care -- The disgrace of plenty : the coexistence of hunger and food waste -- A culture of waste : our fall from thrift and our imminent return -- American farms : growing waste, selling perfection -- Waste on the menu -- A cold case of waste -- Home is where the waste is -- The obstacles and art of food recovery -- From traylessness to demand tracking : ideas and innovations to reduce food waste -- Great, Britain! A kingdom united in hating waste -- If I were the king of the forest : big changes |
| Summary |
"What Tom Vanderbilt did for traffic and Brian Wansink did for mindless eating, Jonathan Bloom does for food waste. The topic couldn't be timelier: As more people are going hungry while simultaneously more people are morbidly obese, American Wasteland 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's 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, Bloom 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"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Food supply -- United States
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Waste (Economics) -- United States
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Food industry and trade -- Waste disposal -- United States
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Salvage (Waste, etc.) -- United States
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Waste Management.
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Food industry and trade -- Waste disposal
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Food supply
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Salvage (Waste, etc.)
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Waste (Economics)
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Lebensmittelabfall
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Verschwendung
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Abfallvermeidung
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Recycling
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Ernährungsgewohnheit
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Lebensmittel.
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Verschwendung.
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Lebensmittelindustrie.
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Abfallbeseitigung.
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United States
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USA
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USA.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010015075 |
| ISBN |
9780738214368 |
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0738214361 |
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9780738215624 |
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0738215627 |
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