Tomatoland : how modern industrial agriculture destroyed our most alluring fruit / Barry Estabrook.
Investigative food journalist Barry Estabrook reveals the huge human and environmental cost of the $5 billion fresh tomato industry and the price we pay as a society when we take taste and thought out of our food purchases.
Record details
- ISBN: 1449401090
- ISBN: 9781449401092
- Physical Description: xvii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Kansas City : Andrews McMeel Publishing, [2011]
- Copyright: ©2011
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-206) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : On the tomato trail -- Roots -- A tomato grows in Florida -- Chemical warfare -- From the hands of a slave -- An unfair fight -- A penny per pound -- Matters of taste -- Building a better tomato -- Tomatoman -- Epilogue : Wild things |
| Target Audience Note: | 1280L Lexile |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Agricultural ecology. Agricultural industries. Agriculture > Environmental aspects. Migrant agricultural laborers > Florida > Economic conditions. Tomatoes. Tomatoes > Biotechnology. |
Available copies
- 13 of 13 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
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| Old Fort Branch Library | 635 EST (Text) | 37810435668685 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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