Julie Guthman
Author
Series
California studies in food and culture volume 32
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (248 p.)
Language
English
Description
"Weighing In takes on the "obesity epidemic," challenging many widely held assumptions about its causes and consequences. Julie Guthman examines fatness and its relationship to health outcomes to ask if our efforts to prevent "obesity" are sensible, efficacious, or ethical. She also focuses the lens of obesity on the broader food system to understand why we produce cheap, over-processed food, as well as why we eat it. Guthman takes issue with the...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (264 p.)
Language
English
Description
"In an era of escalating food politics, many believe organic farming to be the agrarian answer. In this first comprehensive study of organic farming in California, Julie Guthman casts doubt on the current wisdom about organic food and agriculture, at least as it has evolved in the Golden State. Refuting popular portrayals of organic agriculture as a small-scale family farm endeavor in opposition to "industrial" agriculture, Guthman explains how organic...