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Food, Inc. 2 by Participant

Food, Inc. 2

Inside the Quest for a Better Future for Food

Participant, Karl Weber

PublicAffairs · Print & ebook · December 5, 2023

Food, Inc.

Agriculture & Food SystemsAgriculture & Food PolicyThe Food Businesshealth
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Who it’s for
Essays examine America’s changing food system, its harms, and possibilities for reform.
Genres
Agriculture & Food Systems, Agriculture & Food Policy, The Food Business
Published
PublicAffairs, December 5, 2023

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About this book

An eye-opening guide to how America feeds itself and an essential companion book to the new documentary America’s food system is broken, harming family farmers, workers, the environment, and our health. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Here, brilliant innovators, scientists, journalists and activists explain how we can create a hopeful new future for food, if we have the courage to seize the moment.

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In 2008, the award-winning documentary Food, Inc. shook up our perceptions of what we ate. Now, the movie’s timely sequel and this new companion book will address the remarkable developments in the world of food—from lab-grown meat to the burgeoning food sovereignty movement—that have unfolded since then. Featuring thought-provoking original essays from: Michael Pollan • Eric Schlosser • David E. Kelley and Andrew Zimmern • Senator Cory Booker • Sarah E. Lloyd • Carlos A. Monteiro and Geoffrey Cannon • Lisa Elaine Held • Larissa Zimberoff • Saru Jayaraman • Christiana Musk • Nancy Easton • Leah Penniman • David LeZaks and Lauren Manning • The Coalition of Immokalee Workers • Michiel Bakker • Danielle Nierenberg This book is the perfect roadmap to understanding not only our current dysfunctional food system, but also what each of us can do to help reform it.

America’s Food System

Essays examine America’s changing food system, its harms, and possibilities for reform.

Come here for

  • Essays on lab-grown meat and the food sovereignty movement
  • A look at harms to farmers, workers, the environment, and health

Expect

  • Perspectives from innovators, scientists, journalists, and activists
  • Discussion of developments since the 2008 Food, Inc. documentary

Where it sits

Agriculture & Food Systems73%
Agriculture & Food Policy30%
The Food Business17%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Documentary Films
  • Agriculture & Food Systems
  • Food Science
Authors
Participant, Karl Weber
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Published
December 5, 2023
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Documentary Films