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Food Politics
- How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
- De: Marion Nestle
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 10 h y 33 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 141
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 101
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 104
An accessible and balanced account, Food Politics laid the groundwork for today's food revolution and changed the way we respond to food industry marketing practices. Now, a new introduction and concluding chapter bring us up to date on the key events in that movement. This pathbreaking, prize-winning book helps us understand more clearly than ever before what we eat and why. This book is published by University of California Press.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Excellent except for one thing... okay, maybe two
- De Dakota en 09-26-10
- Food Politics
- How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
- De: Marion Nestle
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
Excellent except for one thing... okay, maybe two
Revisado: 09-26-10
This book is great, the reader is great, it's super informative and interesting but there is one irritating thing that is making me really wish I had bought this as a real, live book instead.
You see, this book is abridged. I didn't realize that when I bought it... my bad.
It's very poorly done. I'm only two (?) hours through it and I've noticed two or three obvious breaks. One where she was going to talk about Ancel Keys' and his influence on the saturated fat debate and it completely cut to something else. That is, unfortunately, something that I really wanted to hear about.
Actually, there is one other issue with this audio book that I did not realize until the intro was read; apparently the text version has a very extensive and meticulous reference section.
In all, if you don't have time to actually read this book, then get this. Otherwise, you should buy the text version.
On the other hand, maybe if an unabridged version comes out, Audible will refund our money for this version and we can buy the complete one (*wink-wink, nudge-nudge*).
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Uncertain Peril
- Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds
- De: Claire Cummings
- Narrado por: David Henry
- Duración: 7 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 5
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 5
Life on earth is facing unprecedented challenges from global warming, war, and mass extinctions. The plight of seeds is a less visible but no less fundamental threat to our survival. Seeds are at the heart of the planet's life-support systems. Their power to regenerate and adapt are essential to maintaining our food supply, our resistance to disease, and our ability to cope with a changing climate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling
- De Dakota en 08-21-10
- Uncertain Peril
- Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds
- De: Claire Cummings
- Narrado por: David Henry
Compelling
Revisado: 08-21-10
This was a good book. Quite depressing though; I had to stop listening to it at times. The part about the Iraqi seed bank being destroyed in the war and reconstructed only to be overseen by some US-installed, Monsanto friendly, corporate peon really killed me. Now they are not even allowed to save and trade seeds. It's really just the same bullcrap that's going on in this country but they can get away with even more blatant abuse "over there."
It's a shame, what's going on with our food these days. It's a shame, what our governments (and ultimately we) are allowing corporations like Monsanto to do. That our legal systems allow the patenting of life, seeds and the tampering of God's (or The Mother's) creations is sick and wrong.
What this all comes down to is corporate abuse, moral decrepitude and runaway capitalism. None of this is done for the benefit of mankind in any way, shape or fashion. Like the banks before them (well okay, right along with them now too... woops, didn't learn our lesson did we?), the mega-corporations are gobbling up, screwing over and/or perverting everything in their paths and we are letting it happen.
This is a world-wide issue with enormous implications for the human race. Arm yourself with knowledge and do something about this.
I learned a lot from this book even though I already knew quite a bit. I have my own anti-GMO start-up called GMO-Free Seattle. This book was part of the fuel for my fire.
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