The Grand Food Bargain
The Perfect Formula 85 cooking oil sold for human consumption began as “gutter oil”—sewage oil collected, heated, and treated ...
8 Unexpected Consequences sided or badly balanced—that is, one in which either protein or fuel ingredients (carbohydrate and ...
I n a restaurant on the outskirts of Toledo, I met up with a long- time friend. He and his wife had once lived in Ohio and t ...
Unexpected Consequences encircled by green crops uniform in height, glistening in the sunshine. It was easy to imagine the f ...
Controlling Nature fall came back to life no matter how cold the winter or deep the snow. In the garden, ladybugs always lan ...
Unexpected Consequences Dating back some ten thousand years, Mesopotamia is often called the “cradle of civilization,” a pre ...
Controlling Nature in potatoes provided some 25, pounds. Potato production took off in countries like Ireland. Within two ...
2 Unexpected Consequences drought and seasonal winds, refusing to believe that “one man cannot stop the dust from blowing but ...
Controlling Nature 3 injection like those given to prisoners on death row. I expected the calf to die shortly. The possibilit ...
4 Unexpected Consequences animals in confined spaces. From an average of 355 chickens per farm in 5 , large operations no ...
Controlling Nature 5 Another ominous threat is called CRE, a group of some seventy bac- teria, including toxic strains of E. ...
6 Unexpected Consequences their sale and intended use—but not their long-term effects. In just five years, ten thousand new p ...
Controlling Nature Leading the charge was Monsanto, a manufacturer of DDT and Agent Orange, a defoliant used in Vietnam. Emb ...
Unexpected Consequences finally acknowledged. Since then, thirty-five glyphosate-resistant weed species worldwide have been ...
Controlling Nature Strip away the drama, lawsuits, and counterclaims, and what remains are profound differences in how peopl ...
2 Unexpected Consequences manufacturer Dow Agrosciences led the effort, saying it was “committed to the production and market ...
Controlling Nature 2 housing, hotels and casinos, office towers, refining, petroleum and gas exploration, and agriculture. We ...
2 2 Unexpected Consequences Ludwig was learning that soil types varied widely across his land. To compensate, ammonium sulfate ...
Controlling Nature 2 3 propagation. Prairie grass depends on fire in order to rejuvenate and come back stronger. Countless suc ...
2 4 Unexpected Consequences ,3 2 scientists who conduct research on climate change, nearly per- cent concur that humans a ...
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