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Tomatoland : how modern industrial agriculture destroyed our most alluring fruit / Barry Estabrook.

Estabrook, Barry. (Author).

Summary:

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: 9781449423452
  • ISBN: 1449423450
  • Physical Description: xxi, 233 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Kansas City : Andrews McMeel Publishing, ©2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-213) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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 -- Wild things.
Subject: Tomatoes > Biotechnology.
Tomatoes.
Agriculture > Environmental aspects.
Agricultural ecology.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Kirtland Community College Library SB 349 .E88 2012 30775305516685 General Collection Available -


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