American Organic: A Cultural History of Farming, Gardening,Shopping, and Eating

Author:   O'Sullivan
Publisher:   University Press of Kansas
ISBN:  

9780700621330


Pages:   408
Publication Date:   30 October 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   O'Sullivan
Publisher:   University Press of Kansas
Imprint:   University Press of Kansas
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.780kg
ISBN:  

9780700621330


ISBN 10:   0700621334
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   30 October 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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“Readers will enjoy this comprehensive book on organic food that explains how it has gone from being ridiculed to wildly popular—and grown into a multibillion-dollar industry.”Leslie A. Duram, author of Good Growing: Why Organic Farming Works “O’Sullivan dissects the power of government, agribusiness, chemical manufacturers, homesteaders, and foodies themselves to reveal how the organics movement has been swayed by market pressures and demands.” Margaret Gray, author of Labor and the Locavore: The Making of a Comprehensive Food Ethic “American Organic helps explain modern longings for things artisanal, local, simple and untainted.”Andrew Kirk, author of Counterculture Green: The Whole Earth Catalog and American Environmentalism.


Readers will enjoy this comprehensive book on organic food that explains how it has gone from being ridiculed to wildly popular--and grown into a multibillion-dollar industry. Leslie A. Duram, author of Good Growing: Why Organic Farming Works O'Sullivan dissects the power of government, agribusiness, chemical manufacturers, homesteaders, and foodies themselves to reveal how the organics movement has been swayed by market pressures and demands. Margaret Gray, author of Labor and the Locavore: The Making of a Comprehensive Food Ethic American Organic helps explain modern longings for things artisanal, local, simple and untainted. Andrew Kirk, author of Counterculture Green: The Whole Earth Catalog and American Environmentalism .


Readers will enjoy this comprehensive book on organic food that explains how it has gone from being ridiculed to wildly popular-and grown into a multibillion-dollar industry. Leslie A. Duram, author of Good Growing: Why Organic Farming Works O'Sullivan dissects the power of government, agribusiness, chemical manufacturers, homesteaders, and foodies themselves to reveal how the organics movement has been swayed by market pressures and demands. Margaret Gray, author of Labor and the Locavore: The Making of a Comprehensive Food Ethic American Organic helps explain modern longings for things artisanal, local, simple and untainted. Andrew Kirk, author of Counterculture Green: The Whole Earth Catalog and American Environmentalism.


Readers will enjoy this comprehensive book on organic food that explains how it has gone from being ridiculed to wildly popular-and grown into a multibillion-dollar industry. Leslie A. Duram, author of Good Growing: Why Organic Farming Works O'Sullivan dissects the power of government, agribusiness, chemical manufacturers, homesteaders, and foodies themselves to reveal how the organics movement has been swayed by market pressures and demands. Margaret Gray, author of Labor and the Locavore: The Making of a Comprehensive Food Ethic American Organic helps explain modern longings for things artisanal, local, simple and untainted. Andrew Kirk, author of Counterculture Green: The Whole Earth Catalog and American Environmentalism.


O'Sullivan dissects the power of government, agribusiness, chemical manufacturers, homesteaders, and foodies themselves to reveal how the organics movement has been swayed by market pressures and demands. Margaret Gray, author of Labor and the Locavore: The Making of a Comprehensive Food Ethic


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Robin O’Sullivan is full-time lecturer in the history department at Troy University.

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