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Unprocessed : my city-dwelling year of reclaiming real food / Megan Kimble.

by Kimble, Megan.

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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]

Processed foods.

Food industry and trade.

9780062382467 (pbk.)

0062382462 (pbk.)

viii, 344 pages ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-344).

"A chronicle, from a founding editor of Edible Baja Arizona, of a young woman's year-long journey of eating only whole, unprocessed foods -- intertwined with a journalistic exploration of what "unprocessed" really means, why it matters, and how to afford it. In January of 2012, Megan Kimble was a twenty-six-year-old living in a small apartment without even a garden plot to her name. But she cared about where food came from, how it was made, and what it did to her body: so she decided to go an entire year without eating processed foods. Megan's extraordinary year, in which she milled wheat, extracted salt from the sea, milked a goat, slaughtered a sheep, and more -- all while earning an income that fell well below the federal poverty line. What makes a food processed? This goes far beyond cutting out snacks and sodas, and is a fascinating journey through America's food system, past and present. How wheat became white; how fresh produce was globalized and animals industrialized. Backed by extensive research and wide-ranging interviews -- and including tips on how to ditch processed food and transition to a real-food lifestyle"--Provided by publisher.

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