Organic : a journalist's quest to discover the truth behind food labeling

The Resource Organic : a journalist's quest to discover the truth behind food labeling
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Organic : a journalist's quest to discover the truth behind food labeling
Title remainder
a journalist's quest to discover the truth behind food labeling
Statement of responsibility
Peter Laufer, Ph. D
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Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "Part food narrative, part investigation, part adventure story, Organic is an eye-opening and entertaining look into the anything goes world behind the organic label. It is also a wakeup call about the dubious origins of food labeled organic. After eating some suspect organic walnuts that supposedly were produced in Kazakhstan, veteran journalist Peter Laufer chooses a few items from his home pantry and traces their origins back to their source. Along the way he learns how easily we are tricked into taking "organic" claims at face value. With organic foods readily available at supermarket chains, confusion and outright deception about labels have become commonplace. Globalization has allowed food from highly corrupt governments and businesses overseas to pollute the organic market with food that is anything but. The organic environment is like the Wild West: oversight is virtually nonexistent, and deception runs amok. Laufer investigates so-called organic farms in Europe and South America as well as in his own backyard in the Pacific Northwest. The book examines what constitutes organic and by whom the definitions are made. The answers will stun readers, who have been sold a questionable, highly suspect, and even false bill of goods for years "--
  • "After eating some suspect "organic" walnuts that he was shocked to find were produced in Kazakhstan, veteran journalist Peter Laufer traces the origins of items in his pantry back to the source, learning how easily we are tricked into buying "organic" claims"--
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DLC
Dewey number
664/.09
Index
index present
LC call number
HD9000.5
LC item number
.L376 2014
Literary form
non fiction
NAL call number
HD9000.5
NAL item number
.L38 2014
Nature of contents
bibliography
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