This book is based on hard scientific research, most of which has been conducted outside of the United States, where food production lobbies hav... read full description
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Mar 05, 2009
Shelly
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What I learned from this book: Our food today is not as nutrious as it was 20-50 years ago. Industrial agriculture models are dangerous to the land and the people they are feeding. Fruits, vegetables, meats and dairy products are not the healtful items they used to be... in fact the current trends in food production may be making people sick.
The book is an interesting read with a lot of eye opening studies, reports and tidbits. The first section deals with the decline of minerals More...
The book is an interesting read with a lot of eye opening studies, reports and tidbits. The first section deals with the decline of minerals More...
Oct 15, 2008
Rae
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In a nutshell:
The corporate factory farm food system that dominates so much of North American agriculture today is destructive of nearly everything it touches. It degrades the nutritional quality and taste of the food we eat, filling it with toxins and poisons, destroys family farmers and rural communities, blights the land and the environment, and tortures the living creatures it "manufactures" in its dark, satanic barns (to paraphrase William Blake). Its future products m More...
The corporate factory farm food system that dominates so much of North American agriculture today is destructive of nearly everything it touches. It degrades the nutritional quality and taste of the food we eat, filling it with toxins and poisons, destroys family farmers and rural communities, blights the land and the environment, and tortures the living creatures it "manufactures" in its dark, satanic barns (to paraphrase William Blake). Its future products m More...
Jul 29, 2008
Jeanette
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I would say the first 120 pages are a must-read for anyone interested in what's really going on with our food supply. Some of the info I'd already read elsewhere, but much of it was new to me. The writing is clear and straightforward, and not too scientific for the average reader. (I'm a scientist, but still, I think this stuff is pretty tame.)
Pawlick cites many well-documented studies, mostly done in other countries. Corporate-financed research in the U.S. prevents discovery More...
Pawlick cites many well-documented studies, mostly done in other countries. Corporate-financed research in the U.S. prevents discovery More...
Aug 26, 2008
Andrew
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This book reads like a long article from Z magazine. Lots of pertinent facts, but sometimes overdoing it to make the same point over and over. The main point being: real foods like fruits and vegetables etc. are losing nutrients as they are monocropped and grown for high yields not taste or nutrients. And not only that, the way they are grown is increasing their toxicity as herbicides, fungicides and pesticides are loaded in. He envisions an X point when foods will suddenly become more toxic tha
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Aug 20, 2009
Linda
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Nothing particularly new is presented by this book. Most of the book reads like a doomsday tale. There is little offered in the way of a practical suggestions for change in the corporate food production systems. If you're from the United States reading this book, note that the author is Canadian and many of the references are to Canadian studies.
Oct 29, 2010
Why yes, I am terrified of agribusiness and monocultures, why do you ask?
Nov 15, 2011
Has some great info. Didn't get to read all of it, but would be good to own.
Jul 31, 2008
Janice
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The End of Food really makes you think about our food supply and how safe it is. It also investigates the way industrial farming is affecting the taste and nutrients in our food. Did you ever wonder why that tomato you buy in the grocery store doesn't taste the same as one from your garden? This book explains it and will make you want to grow more of your own food.
Jul 07, 2008
Just started - pretty good so far. Lots about food history - ie. the human food evolution and it's impact on everything.
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