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Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West
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Nature's Metropolis

By William Cronon ,

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The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World
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The Fate of Food

By Amanda Little ,

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The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved: Inside America's Underground Food Movements
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The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved

By Sandor Ellix Katz ,

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Technically Food: Inside Silicon Valley's Mission to Change What We Eat
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Technically Food

By Larissa Zimberoff ,

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Lentil Underground: Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America
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Lentil Underground

By Liz Carlisle ,

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Slow Cooked: An Unexpected Life in Food Politics
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Slow Cooked

By Marion Nestle ,

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Visualizing Taste: How Business Changed the Look of What You Eat
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Visualizing Taste

By Ai Hisano ,

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The Global Food Economy: The Battle for the Future of Farming
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The Global Food Economy

By Tony Weis ,

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The Agricultural Dilemma: How Not to Feed the World
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The Agricultural Dilemma

By Glenn Davis Stone ,

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Meat: A Benign Extravagance
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Meat

By Simon Fairlie ,

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Building a Housewife's Paradise: Gender, Politics, and American Grocery Stores in the Twentieth Century
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Building a Housewife's Paradise

By Tracey Deutsch ,

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Canned: The Rise and Fall of Consumer Confidence in the American Food Industry
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Canned

By Anna Zeide ,

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Movable Markets: Food Wholesaling in the Twentieth-Century City
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Movable Markets

By Helen Tangires ,

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Women's Food Matters: Stirring the Pot
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Women's Food Matters

By Vicki A. Swinbank ,

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From Farming to Biotechnology: A Theory of Agro-Industrial Development
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From Farming to Biotechnology

By David Goodman , Bernardo Sorj , John Wilkinson

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Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System
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Stuffed and Starved

By Raj Patel ,

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Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America
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Foodopoly

By Wenonah Hauter ,

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