The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan [223]
cruelty to
domesticated
evolution of
factory-farmed
feed affecting taste of
in feedlots
grass-eating
happiness of
human relationships with
lacking souls
learned helplessness of
life expectancy of
meat from, see meat
mystery of
in organic systems
sacrificial
slaughter of
as species vs. individuals
suffering of
sweet tooth of
in the wild
Appetite for Change (Belasco)
Aristotle
Arora, David
artisanal economics
ascorbic acid
Atkins, Robert C.
atrazine
Aztecs, maize revered by
bacteria
Baily, Ben
beef tallow
Belasco, Warren J.
Bell, Daniel
Bell Institute
Bentham, Jeremy
Berger, John
Berry, Wendell
Bing cherries
biodiesel fuel
biodiversity
on organic farms
shrinking
in supermarkets
biophilia
bison
Blair, Ed and Rich
Blair Ranch, South Dakota
Blank, Steven
blue baby alerts
Bosch, Carl
Bové, José
bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)
Brillat-Savarin, Anthelme
Brix scores
Budger (cow)
Budiansky, Stephen
Butz, Earl “Rusty,”
CAFOs (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations):
and cheap corn
and fossil fuels
in industrial food chain
learned helplessness in
manure lagoons of
Cal-Organic Farms
calories
cheap
daily intake of
as energy
in fast food
overproduction of
cannabinoids
cannibalism
Capay farms
capitalism, cultural contradictions of
caramel color
carbohydrates
carbon
carbon dioxide
carbon isotopes
carbophobia
Cargill
Cascadian Farm
Case for Animal Rights, The (Regan)
cassava
cattle:
and cheeseburgers
corn fed to
cow-calf operation (Blair Ranch)
in a “cow day,”
diseases of
drugs fed to
eating cattle
and electric fences
on the farm
fattening up
on feedlots/CAFOs
grass fed to
protein matter fed to
range-fed
ratio of feed to flesh in
rumens of
slaughter of
stress-free
supplements fed to
weaning of
chamomile
chanterelles
chemical fertilizers
chemical pesticides
Chez Panisse, Berkeley
Chicago Board of Trade
chicken:
in grass-fed meal
Maillard reaction in
McNuggets
in microwavable TV dinner
popularity of
price of
chickens: as cattle feed
eggs produced by
factory life of
on the farm
Gallus gallus,
killing
local markets for
organic
ratio of feed to flesh in
Child, Julia
China, fertilizer factories in
citric acid
Cobbett, William
Coca-Cola
Coetzee, J. M.
Columbus, Christopher
commune movement (1960s)
community supported agriculture (CSA)
conjugated linoleic acid (CLA)
cooking, food chain modified by
corn
botanical parts of
C-4
cheap
and chemical fertilizers
cities of
as commodity
dependence on humans
developing new uses for
eaten as corn
evolution of
exports of
F-1 hybrids
in fast food
in feedlots
as foundation of food chain
genetically engineered
genetic variability of
Golden Bantam
government and
grading system for
and grain elevators
hybird
as intellectual property
kernels of
the meal
monoculture of
in nonfood products
Pioneer Hi-Bred 34H31
planting
pollen
prices of
processed foods from
processing of
quality of
rise of Zea mays,
sex change of
sex life of
strach in
style of
in supermarket
surfeit of
tassel
usage of
walking
yields of
corned beef
cornmeal corn oil
cornstarch
corn sweeteners
corn syrup
corn whiskey
cows, see cattle
Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism, The (Bell)
Cuyahoga River, on fire
cyclodextrins
dairy products:
and bovine lifestyle
orgnic
Darwin, Charles
Dawson, Todd
DDT
Dennett, Daniel
Department of Agriculture, U.S.:
and cheap corn
direct payments to farmers from
and entrepreneurship
and irradiation of meat
meat graded by
and organic farms
price supports from
and slaughtering animals
Descartes, René
Des Moines River, pollution of
dextrins
dextrose
diabetes
diets, fads in
Diggers
disgust
domesticated species
Drucker, Peter
eagles
Earthbound Farm
earthworms