American Wasteland

How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It)

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, Environment, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Food & Drink, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: Jonathan Bloom ISBN: 9780738215624
Publisher: Hachette Books Publication: August 30, 2011
Imprint: Da Capo Lifelong Books Language: English
Author: Jonathan Bloom
ISBN: 9780738215624
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication: August 30, 2011
Imprint: Da Capo Lifelong Books
Language: English

What Tom Vanderbilt did for traffic and Brian Wansink did for mindless eating, Jonathan Bloom does for food waste. The topic couldn't be timelier: As more people are going hungry while simultaneously more people are morbidly obese, American Wasteland sheds light on the history, culture, and mindset of waste while exploring the parallel eco-friendly and sustainable-food movements. As the era of unprecedented prosperity comes to an end, it's time to reexamine our culture of excess.

Working at both a local grocery store and a major fast food chain and volunteering with a food recovery group, Bloom also interviews experts-from Brian Wansink to Alice Waters to Nobel Prize–winning economist Amartya Sen-and digs up not only why and how we waste, but, more importantly, what we can do to change our ways.

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What Tom Vanderbilt did for traffic and Brian Wansink did for mindless eating, Jonathan Bloom does for food waste. The topic couldn't be timelier: As more people are going hungry while simultaneously more people are morbidly obese, American Wasteland sheds light on the history, culture, and mindset of waste while exploring the parallel eco-friendly and sustainable-food movements. As the era of unprecedented prosperity comes to an end, it's time to reexamine our culture of excess.

Working at both a local grocery store and a major fast food chain and volunteering with a food recovery group, Bloom also interviews experts-from Brian Wansink to Alice Waters to Nobel Prize–winning economist Amartya Sen-and digs up not only why and how we waste, but, more importantly, what we can do to change our ways.

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