American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do about It)

by Jonathan Bloom

Book Overview

What Tom Vanderbilt did for traffic and Brian Wansink did for mindless eating, Jonathan Bloom does for food waste. The topic couldn't be timelier: As more people are going hungry while simultaneously more people are morbidly obese, American Wasteland sheds light on the history, culture, and mindset of waste while exploring the parallel eco-friendly and sustainable-food movements. As the era of unprecedented prosperity comes to an end, it's time to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738213640
• ISBN13: 9780738213644
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"