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THE VERTICAL FARM
The World Grows Up
Pub Date: Oct 12, 2010
Despommier (Microbiology and Environmental Sciences/Columbia Univ.) details his optimistic vision of a sustainable future based on urban agriculture.
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AMERICAN WASTELAND
How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It)
Pub Date: Oct 1, 2010
An eye-opening account of what used to be considered a sin--the willful waste of perfectly edible food.
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AMERICAN TERROIR
Savoring the Flavors of Our Woods, Waters, and Fields
Pub Date: Sep 14, 2010
A locavore and James Beard Award–winning food writer adapts the French wine-growing concept of terroir, "the taste of place," to champion a variety of foods from the Western hemisphere.
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PALMENTO
A Sicilian Wine Odyssey
Pub Date: Sep 1, 2010
An Italian-American writer embeds himself in the Sicilian wine trade for a year.
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FOUR FISH
The Future of the Last Wild Food
Pub Date: Jul 19, 2010
An award-winning food journalist brilliantly dissects the relationship between humans and the four fish that dominate the seafood market.
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EMPIRES OF FOOD
Feast, Famine, and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
Pub Date: Jun 15, 2010
A panoramic overview of the vulnerability of global food networks to climate change.
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