The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan [225]
French paradox
Freud, Sigmund
fructose
Fry, Gearld
fungi:
autochthonous nature of
chanterelles
chlorophyll lacking in
eating
foraging for
as hallucinogens
hyphae of
identifying
morels
mycelium of
mycorrhizal
mysteries of
organic matter decomposed by
poisons in
saprophytic
theories about
types of
Gandhi, Mohandas K.
gardening
Garro, Angelo
dressing the meat
as food lover
mushroom hunting with
and perfect meal
pig hunting with
General Mills
genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
Gerrish, Jim
Glickman, Dan
global warming
glucose
glucose isomerase
gluten
gluttony
Goodman, Drew and Myra
grain:
diet based on
as industrial commodity
grain elevators
Grandin, Temple
grasses
abstraction of
C-4
chickens eating
corn, see corn
cows eating
diversity of species
edible
evolution of
as foundation of food chain
growth pattern of
hay-making
lignification of
management-intensive grazing (MiG)
meal at end of food chain
overgrazing
pastoral idyll
prairie
roots of
Grass Productivity (Voisin)
Greenways Organic
Grimmway Farms
Gussow, Joan Dye
Haber, Fritz
Harvey, Arthur
hay
Hemingway, Ernest
hens, see chickens
heterosis
high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS)
Horizon Organic
horses
Howard, Sir Albert
humans:
appetites of
atavistic experiences of
fear of death
and grasses
language of
life expectancy of
marginal cases
morality in lives of
nutrition of
obese
as omnivorous
pain and suffering of
relationships to other animals
taste buds of
tools developed by
humus
Hungry Soul, The (Kass)
hunter-gatherers
agriculturists vs.
diets of author’s feelings about
food chain of
heightened senses of
meals entirely from
of mushrooms
seasons of
hunting:
author’s experience with
author’s feelings about
bloodlust of
dressing the meat
and eating the meat
to extinction
and killing
and predation in nature
preparations for
responsibility in
skill in
stories of
Huntington, Sarah
hybridization
hydrogen
hypoxic (dead) zone
IBP
Iltis, Hugh
Indians:
bison hunted by
corn hybridized by
corn yields realized by
maize planted by
and the right to opt out
and wild species
industrial food chain:
alternatives to
animals in, see CAFOs; factory farms
chemical pesticides in
competitive advantage of
complexity of
convenience of
corn as foundation of
distribution system of
efficiency in
energy-dense foods in
exports in
fast food in
fertilization in, see fertilizers
and food-borne illness
forgetting about nature in
fossil fuels in
globalization of
government policies in
hybridization in
marketing in
and the meal
mechanical harvesting in
and organic food
price as focus of
processing in, see processing plant
species adapted for
Inge, William Ralph
Institute of Cereal Technology
International Flavors & Fragrances
Iowa:
cities of corn in
food imported by
as food source
grain elevators in
Greene County
livestock farmers in
pollution in
soil in
soybeans in
Iowa Farmers Cooperative
Iowa State University
Isabella, queen of Spain
isotopes
Jackson, Wes
James, Henry
Jean-Pierre (chef)
Jefferson, Thomas
Johnson, Larry
Judith (wife)
Judy’s Family Farm
Jungle, The (Sinclair)
Kahn, Gene
Kansas, feedlots in
Kant, Immanue
Karp, Walter
Kass, Leon
Kellogg, John Harvey
ketosis
King, F. H.
Kitchen Sisters
koalas
Koestler, Arthur
Kroc, Ray
kuru
lacewings
lactic acid
Land Institut
elecithin
legumes
Leopold, Aldo
lettuce
Levenstein, Harvey
Lévi-Strauss, Claude
Liebig, Baron Justus vonlactic acid
lipids
lipophobia
Livy
local food economy
Lorentz Meats, Minnesota
Love, John
Luther, Martin
lysine
Machine in the Garden, The (Marx)
mad cow disease
Maillard reaction
maize:
and American colonists
Aztecs’ reverence for
evolution of
planted by Indians
see also