The Grand Food Bargain

Index  9

connectivity, scientific research and,
 4 –  5
consolidation,  2 ,  4 –  5 ,  8
consumerism, 2  9
contract farming,  6 – 
cooperatives,  2
corn,  9 – 8 , 99
corvina (Chilean sea bass), 25 – 2 
Costa Rica, 5 ,  5 ,  9 – 20 , 22 - 2 , 25 ,
2 - 28 , ,  0 ,  52 , 2 – 2  2
cottonseed oil,  48
cover crops, 99
CRE,  95
crop dusting, 8
Cuba, 2 – 2  4 , 229
culture, – 4
Cuzco, Peru, 85 – 86

dairy industry, rebranding in,
– 2
dams, – 5 ,  6 , 8 
DDT (dichlorodiphenyltri-
chloroethane),  96
dead zones, , 205
deforestation, 225
desalinization of ocean water, 8 
dicamba,  98
dietary guidelines,  68 –  69
dioxins, 205
dirt, 68. See also soils
Dirty Thirties,  9 – 92
disaster relief, 9 
diseases. See also food safety;
specific diseases
bananas and, 28 – 29
bovine spongiform
encephalopathy,  49 –  50 ,
 8 – 82
fighting against, 52
foot-and-mouth disease,  0 – 04

malnutrition and,  2 – 

science and,  08 –  09 ,  8

diversity, lack of, 28 – 29 ,  4 – 42

double speak, 

Dow, Herbert, 205

Dow Chemical Company,  98 , 205

Dow Gardens, 204 – 205

Dow-Dupont,  0 , 200

Downing, Andrew Jackson, 69

Dust Bowl,  9 – 92

E. coli,  50 –  52 ,  54 ,  59 ,  94

Earthrise (NASA photo), 2 – 2  2 ,

2  9

economics. See market economics

efficiency, importance of, 52 – 5 

eggs, 4 – 5 ,  0 , 2  2 – 2 

Egypt, 2  5

Ehrlich, Paul,  06

Eighteen Hundred and Froze to

Death, 49 – 5 

embalmed meat,  48

eminent domain, 

enclosure movement, 

The End of Overeating (Kessler),

24 

endorsements, 2 ,  9

energy, 64 – 65 , 204

energy independence,  8 – 8 

Energy Information Agency, 82

Energy Policy Act ( 2005 ),  9 – 80

enriched flour, 

Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA),  9

Erie, Lake, 205

erosion,  0 ,  9 – 92

expectations, support of science

and,  08

extinctions, 226

Exxon Mobil, 8 – 82