Index 2 fraud and, 84
market economics and, 6
perception and, 0 –
pork industry and, 5 – 8 , 59 ,
6 , 84 , 94
reform and, 48 – 49
media, pseudoscience and,
melamine, 84
memory, 48 – 49 , 5
Mesopotamia, 90
metabolism, 85
Michigan, 45 , 52 , 8 , 204 - 205
Michigan
Lake, 9
Michigan State University, 5 , 9 ,
4 – 6
microbiome, – 2
micronutrients, , 0
military, 2 9 – 220
milk, – 2 , 6 , 84
Minnesota, 52 , 0 , 55
Mitch (hurricane), 2 – 2 2
money, replacing memory with, 5
monocultures, 4 – 42
monopolies, 2 – 0 , 8 , 4
Monsanto, 29 – 0 , 9 , 98
Montgomery, David, 0
moratoriums, 225
Morrill, Justin, 06 – 0
Moss, Michael, 5
Mozambique, 2 6
MRSA, 94 – 95
MSC. See Marine Stewardship
Council
nanoparticles, 228
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), 45
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA),
2 – 2 2
National School Lunch Program,
220
National Science Foundation
(NSF), 0
natural, defined, 6 –
Nebraska, , 80
neonicotinoids, 205
Nepal, 88 – 89
Nestle, Marion, 4 , 5 , 55
New Deal, 4
Nicaragua, 2 - 2 2
nightmare bacteria, 95
nitrogen, 2 – 4 , 25
nitrogen cycle,
Nixon, Richard, 2 4
Nobel Prizes, 88 , 06 , 96
nonperformance clauses,
norovirus, 54
NSF. See National Science
Foundation
nutrition
calories and, 9
food production vs., 6 – 69
loss of alignment with food
system, 69 –
Nutrition Assistance Programs, 9 Obama, Barack, 9 – 98
obesity, 56 – 5 , 69 , 2 , 2 6 , 24
ocean water, 8
Ogallala Aquifer, 80. See also High
Plains Aquifer System
Oil. See also petroleum
biofuels and, 8 – 9
exporting from U.S., 8 – 82
increasing dependence on, 65 – 66
as new energy source, 65
Venezuela, Colombia and, 5 – 56
Oklahoma, 98