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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Un-Happy Meal A review of Fast Food Nation	Elizabeth Grossman	10 Aug 2001	Arts and Minds
Given my distaste for fast food and the general knowledge of its detrimental effect on the American diet, I didn't expect to find any revelations in Fast Food Nation. But journalist Eric Schlosser's thoroughly researched and well-written probe into the industry that has transformed American roadsides, eating patterns, and agriculture was actually an eye-opener. Fast Food Nation By Eric Schlosser Houghton Mifflin Co., ...
Topics: food and agriculture, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

They Paved Pears and Rice and Put Up a Parking Lot Pavement is replacing the world's croplands	Lester R. Brown	01 Mar 2001	Main Dish
As the new century begins, the competition between cars and crops for cropland is intensifying. Until now, the paving over of cropland has occurred largely in industrial countries, home to four-fifths of the world's 520 million automobiles. But now, more and more farmland is being sacrificed in developing countries with hungry populations, calling into question the future ...
Topics: China, food and agriculture, India, placemaking, United States (all these topics)