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Agriculture and Human Values (2007) 24:259–260 Springer 2007 DOI 10.1007/s10460-006-9041-1 The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four fittingly, Naylor is the only Virgil with whom Pollan is Meals. By Michael Pollan. New York, New York: Pen- not on a first name basis. Pollan takes a turn at planting guin Press, 2006, 464 pp., ISBN 59420-082-3 corn in Naylor’s tractor and they discuss the political ecology of issues ranging from seeds to subsidies. He PHILIP H. HOWARD gives voice to other informants as he follows corn Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Re- through meat production, food processing, and its source Studies at Michigan State University, East Lansing, contribution to the obesity epidemic. Although Pollan Michigan, USA has already touched on some of these subjects in shorter pieces, this book integrates more extensive research and Philip H. Howard is an assistant professor in the even some new facts. For example, more than 50% of Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and the carbon in McDonald’s chicken nuggets, cheese- Resource Studies at Michigan State University. His re- burgers, and milkshakes is derived from corn, according search focuses on community, food and agriculture. to a mass spectrometer analysis conducted by a
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Published: Feb 28, 2007
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