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Pure and modern milk : an environmental history since 1900 /

Americans have never been more concerned about their food's purity. The organic trade association claims that three-quarters of all consumers buy organic foods each year, spending billions of dollars ""Dairy farm families, health officials, and food manufacturers have simultaneously s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith-Howard, Kendra
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Americans have never been more concerned about their food's purity. The organic trade association claims that three-quarters of all consumers buy organic foods each year, spending billions of dollars ""Dairy farm families, health officials, and food manufacturers have simultaneously stoked human desires for an all-natural product and intervened to ensure milk's safety and profitability, "" writes Kendra Smith-Howard. In Pure and Modern Milk, she tells the history of a nearly universal consumer product, and sheds light on America's food industry. Today, she notes, milk reaches supermarkets in an
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199899135
0199899134
1299848354
9781299848351