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  <title><![CDATA[Hungry City]]></title>
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  <default-description>&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;The gargantuan effort needed to feed cities across the world on a daily basis has a massive and vastly underappreciated social and physical impact on both human populations and the planet. Yet few eaters are conscious of the processes that are required to bring food into a metropolis. This original and revolutionary study examines the way in which modern food production has damaged the balance of human existence, and reveals a centuries-old dilemma that holds the key to a host of current problems, among them obesity, the inexorable rise of the supermarkets, and the destruction of the natural world. The rise and impact of such American hallmarks as industrialized food and meat production, the supermarket, fast food restaurant chains, and processed edibles on city life is examined alongside the historical roots and the contemporary issues at each stage of the food cycle, from farm to plate to landfill. Original and inspiring, this is a warning call to the waste and destruction caused by today&#8217;s food systems, and a guide to correcting its errors.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</default-description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Carolyn Steel]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[There's nothing earth-shatteringly new in this book, it just combines mostly well-known facts in an interesting way. The subtitle is &quot;How food shapes our lives&quot; and Steel adresses food all the way from growing it to disposing of the results. The basic point is that our current methods of p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54100367">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a fascinating history of the relationship between food production and the city by Carolyn Steel, an architect.  At times, the book is a bit London-centric, though she also  on Paris.  As a Londoner who has previously lived in Paris, this just made the book all the more interesting for me.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30970721">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very informative history of food and civilization and how they relate.  I learned a lot and stayed interested through every page.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Superb!  A must read for anyone concerned with food, food security and cities.  Focuses very much on the UK but relevant to anyone from anywhere.  It is an inspiring read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ethicurean post: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ethicurean.com/2008/06/22/review-carolyn-steels-hungry-city/">Review: Carolyn Steel’s “Hungry City”</a>]]></body>
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