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The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan [225]

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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

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