Tomatoland by Barry Estabrook - ISBN: 9781449401092
Hardcover
Perfect tomatoes hide a dark secret. Taste the truth.

Tomatoland

How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit

  • Hardcover

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    6 July 2011

Summary

Based on a James Beard award-winning article from a leading voice on the politics of agribusiness, Tomatoland combines history, legend, passion for taste, and investigative reporting on modern agribusiness and environmental issues into a revealing, controversial look at the tomato, the fruit we love so much that we eat $4 billion-worth annually.

2012 IACP Award Winner in the Food Matters category

Supermarket produce sections bulging with a year-round supply of perfect…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781449401092
ISBN-10:1449401090
Author:Barry Estabrook
Publisher:Andrews McMeel Publishing
Imprint:Andrews McMeel Publishing
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:6 July 2011
Weight:540g
Dimensions:231mm x 152mm x 20mm
About The Author

Barry Estabrook

James Beard Award-winning journalist Barry Estabrook was a contributing editor at Gourmet magazine for eight years, writing investigative articles about where food comes from. He was the founding editor of Eating Well magazine and has written for the New York Times Magazine, Reader’s Digest, Men’s Health, Audubon, and the Washington Post, and contributes regularly to The Atlantic Monthly’s website. His work has been anthologized in the Best American Food Writing series, and he has been interviewed on numerous television and radio shows. He lives and grows tomatoes in his garden in Vermont.

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