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Is organic food better / Ronald D. Lankford, Jr., book editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: At issue (San Diego, Calif.)Publisher: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, 2011Description: 114 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0737751576
  • 9780737751574
  • 0737751584
  • 9780737751581
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 641.302 22
LOC classification:
  • HD9000.5 .I814 2011
Contents:
Organic food: an overview / Katherine J. Chen -- National standards for organic food /United States Department of Agriculture -- Consumers should not support organic foods / Rob Johnston -- Non-organic foods are coated with pesticides / Vegetarians in Paradise -- Organic fertilizers pose more health risks than pesticides / Stanley Feldman -- The mass-marketing of organic food presents an ethical dilemma / Katherine Mangu-Ward -- Large companies compromise the organic food movement / Family Farm Defenders -- Large companies play an important role in the organic food movement / Samuel Fromartz -- Organic food is worth the extra expense / Alex Johnson -- Organic food is not worth the extra expense / Andrew Ellison -- Government subsidies could lower the cost of organic food / Christy Harrison -- The organic food market faces many challenges / Kimberley Kindy -- Organic farming offers learning opportunities for volunteer workers / Tracie Cone -- Organic farm workers are as mistreated as non-organic farm workers / Jason Mark.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 641.302 IS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A501034B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-104) and index.

Organic food: an overview / Katherine J. Chen -- National standards for organic food /United States Department of Agriculture -- Consumers should not support organic foods / Rob Johnston -- Non-organic foods are coated with pesticides / Vegetarians in Paradise -- Organic fertilizers pose more health risks than pesticides / Stanley Feldman -- The mass-marketing of organic food presents an ethical dilemma / Katherine Mangu-Ward -- Large companies compromise the organic food movement / Family Farm Defenders -- Large companies play an important role in the organic food movement / Samuel Fromartz -- Organic food is worth the extra expense / Alex Johnson -- Organic food is not worth the extra expense / Andrew Ellison -- Government subsidies could lower the cost of organic food / Christy Harrison -- The organic food market faces many challenges / Kimberley Kindy -- Organic farming offers learning opportunities for volunteer workers / Tracie Cone -- Organic farm workers are as mistreated as non-organic farm workers / Jason Mark.

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