The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's,

The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table
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In the tradition of Barbara Ehrenreichâ€™s Nickel and Dimed, an ambitious and accessible work of undercover journalism that fully investigates our food system to explain what keeps Americans from eating wellâ€”and what we can do about it.

Getting Americans to eat well is one of todayâ€™s hottest social issues; itâ€™s at the forefront of Michelle Obamaâ€™s agenda and widely covered in the mediaâ€”from childhood obesity to store brands trying to make their food healthier. Yet most Americans still eat poorly, and award-winning journalist Tracie McMillan wanted to know why.Â So, in 2009 McMillan went to work undercover in our nationâ€™s food system alongside Americaâ€™s working poor, living and eating off her wages, to examine how we eat.

McMillan worked on industrial farms in California, in a Walmart produce section outside Detroit, andÂ at an Applebeeâ€™s kitchen in New York City. Her vivid narrative brings readers along to grueling work places, introduces them to her coworkers, and takes them home to her kitchen, to see what kind of food she (and her coworkers) can afford to buy and prepare. With striking precision, McMillan also weaves in the story of how we got here, digging deep into labor, economics, politics, and social science to reveal new and surprising truths about how Americaâ€™s food is grown, sold, and preparedâ€”and what it would take to change the system.

Fascinating and timely, this groundbreaking work examines why eating well in Americaâ€”despite the expansion of farmerâ€™s markets and eat local movementsâ€”is limited to the privileged minority.
Country USA
Brand Scribner Book Company
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2012-02-21
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781439171950

Country	USA
Brand	Scribner Book Company
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2012-02-21
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781439171950

The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table

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