HSF Book Store Food & Culture

The Book Store: Food & Culture

You will learn that food is not what it used to be, and these books have been very insightful on how our culture and economy has changed agriculture over the last 50 years. Prepare for the truth concerning the industrial food complex at work today.

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Farming Kitchen Food & Culture Video

Novelist Kingsolver recounts a year spent eating home-grown food and, if not that, local.

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies about the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You're Eating

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

The Hundred-Year Lie: How Food and Medicine are Destroying Your Health

This new book can be compared to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring from the early 60's. Tracking the history of our synthetic food additives and our health decline as a nation over the last century. A real eye-opener! All of our families have been touched by disease such as cancer, diabetes, and others which were almost non-existent over a 100 years ago, find out why, and how you can take responsibility for your own health.

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

Fast food has become a veritable American institution, with restaurants serving a quick bite in every strip mall and roadside rest area across the country. But, according to Fast Food Nation, the fast food establishment has been serving up much more than just cheap hamburgers and greasy fries. In compelling fashion, author Eric Schlosser traces the growth of fast food chains after World War II and condemns the industry for giving rise to such cultural maladies as obesity, classism, American global imperialism, and environmental devastation.

Slow Food Nation: A Blueprint for Changing the Way We Eat