Fixing the food system: changing how we produce and consume food

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Part I: A broken food system -- Toward a national food policy -- The real cost of food -- The unfinished business of food safety -- Dietary guidelines become fierce battleground -- Marketing to children in school and out -- Hunger in a wealthy society -- Part II: Emergence of consumer advocates -- Landscape shift in food advocacy -- Transforming the U.S. agriculture department -- Churches, newspapers, and universities get involved -- Part III: Problems can be solved -- The end of food as we know It -- Some of the worst jobs in America -- Treatment of food animals -- Food advocacy changes America.;"Many believe that America's food system is in dire need of reform, with concerns ranging from the obesity epidemic to exploitative labor practices and negative environmental impact. This eye-opening book answers provocative questions about what changes are needed, who is advocating the changes, what parties are opposing these changes (and why), and what a new food system would look like."-- Part I: A broken food system -- Toward a national food policy -- The real cost of food -- The unfinished business of food safety -- Dietary guidelines become fierce battleground -- Marketing to children in school and out -- Hunger in a wealthy society -- Part II: Emergence of consumer advocates -- Landscape shift in food advocacy -- Transforming the U.S. agriculture department -- Churches, newspapers, and universities get involved -- Part III: Problems can be solved -- The end of food as we know It -- Some of the worst jobs in America -- Treatment of food animals -- Food advocacy changes America.