American organic : a cultural history of farming, gardening, shopping, and eating /

In American Organic we see how organic growing and consumption has been everything from a practical decision, lifestyle choice and status marker to a political deed, subversive effort and social philosophy, and how organic production and consumption are entrenched in the lives of all Americans, whet...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Sullivan, Robin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2015]
Series:Culture America.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Organic destiny
  • A noisy spring: "genius?" or "fraud?"
  • An alternative way to live
  • Leaders, land lovers, locavores, labels, laws, and a little lunacy
  • Individual organic optimization: health hopes and fears
  • Organic consumers: voting with dollars and forging identities.