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Required Reading for all Americans - [24 May 2010]
Wow, amazing book. Full of amazing stories and facts. So much info I never knew before about our food system and how it is controlled by the large industrial producers. Everyone who cares about their health should read this book.
our food system and how it is controlled by the large industrial producers. Everyone who...
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Schlosser is not an expert on agriculture - [12 Dec 2009]
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Recomended Reading - [03 Sep 2009]
Thanks to this book, it's now easy to avoid all of the ubiquitous fast food stores that seem to beckon at every turn. I've already lost 4 pounds and feel a lot better! (I'm also happy that I sold my McDonald's stock three years ago!) Thank you Eric Schlosser...
to beckon at every turn. I've already lost 4 pounds and feel a lot better! (I'm also happy...
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Maddening - [06 Aug 2009]
For years I've had sort of a vague idea that fast food executives aren't great people who are out to make lives better. I've had a vague idea that the fast food industry as well as the farming and meatpacking industries, aren't entirely wonderful. I hadn...
are out to make lives better. I've had a vague idea that the fast food industry as well as ...
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly side of Franchise Capitalism - [06 May 2009]
This book gives the good, the bad, and the ugly side of the fast food industry. Once they reach a certain critical mass in size, the bad and the ugly then it seems, begin to far outweigh the good. Giant food franchises like McDonald's have not only literally...
reach a certain critical mass in size, the bad and the ugly then it seems, begin to far outweigh...
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A must read before you order your next fast food burger - [19 Apr 2009]
"Fast Food Nation" is well-written, well-researched, and applicable to more than just the food we order and eat today. It provides a secondary hypothesis (against the backdrop of the urban sprawl of Colorado Springs) explaining reasons cities developed...
food we order and eat today. It provides a secondary hypothesis (against the backdrop of the...
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A Fine Social Thriller. - [19 Nov 2008]
Fast Food Nation is a fine "Social Thriller" bringing you to the edge of your seat right from beginning till the end. If "Erin Brockowich" is for P&G, then "Fast Food Nation" is for MacDonald's.Author has not spared a single stone unturned to make...
beginning till the end. If "Erin Brockowich" is for P&G, then "Fast Food Nation" is...
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McDonalds is healther than Subway! - [31 Oct 2008]
This is outrageous propaganda! I am truly disgusted at how much they insult McDonalds. McDonalds is healthy for you! With every meal at McD's you get vegetables, grains, meat, and the optional yogurt parfait.
For good ways to stay healthy smoke cigarettes...
is healthy for you! With every meal at McD's you get vegetables, grains, meat, and the...
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Disappointing - [02 Oct 2008]
I'm a vegetarian who doesn't eat at fast-food restaurants. I thought this book was going to be an interesting expose of the fast-food industry. Instead, it was a series of meandering stories that weren't all that compelling. I got about halfway through...
be an interesting expose of the fast-food industry. Instead, it was a series of meandering...
www.amazon.com/review/R2UFK2JQ0...
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Disappointing - [02 Oct 2008]
I'm a vegetarian who doesn't eat at fast-food restaurants. I thought this book was going to be an interesting expose of the fast-food industry. Instead, it was a series of meandering stories that weren't all that compelling. I got about halfway through...
be an interesting expose of the fast-food industry. Instead, it was a series of meandering...
www.amazon.com/review/R2UFK2JQ0...
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