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