May 21, 2009
Washington State's Dilemma: How to Serve Up a Book Criticizing the Food Industry
When a committee at Washington State University picked The Omnivore's Dilemma as this year's "common reading" selection for all incoming freshmen, faculty members effusively praised the award-winning book and hoped that people at the land-grant university were ready to have a serious debate about the practice of agriculture in America.
"Because this book deals with the food we eat today, it is likely to engender lively discussion and even disagreement," wrote one
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