Introduction: My life in food -- Getting into supermarkets -- The citified get countrified (and vice versa) -- The supermarket of virtue -- Yes, we have bananas -- Coffee break -- The supermarket of vice -- A basil grows in Brooklyn -- The supermarket of the future -- Shopping with Marion -- Drinking in America -- Brave new eating -- Epilogue.
Summary:
"An entertaining and timely exploration of how our food - from where it's grown to how we buy it - is in the midst of a transformation, showing how this is our chance to do better, for us, for our children, and for our planet, from a global expert on consumer behavior"-- Provided by publisher. Underhill provides an entertaining and timely exploration of how our food is in the midst of a transformation. From where it's grown to how we buy it, food intersects with every major battle we face today: political, environmental, economic and racial. Is our food system broken? Underhill believes this is our chance to do better, for us, for our children, and for our planet, in an uncertain future. -- adapted from jacket
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