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February 17, 2012 at 8:00 AM

GOOD Books: Factory Foods Exposed

Chipotle's "Back to the Start" commercial drew in more than 5 million views, and

The Jungle

by Upton Sinclair

416 pages. Simon & Brown. $11.95

The bible of meatpacking industry exposés, The Jungle, written by Upton Sinclair in 1906, was the first of its kind to uncover the nau

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

by Eric Schlosser

383 pages. Harper Perennial. $10.19

Before you roll into another drive-thru and dig into a burger and some greasy fries, take a second to think ab

Eating Animals

by Jonathan Safran Foer

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

by Michael Pollan

In The Omnivore’s Dilemma, journalist Michael Pollan deconstructs a meal on the table a

Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food

by Paul Greenberg

304 pages. Penguin. $10.88

While poultry and meat industries have been routinely blasted for their problems by various investigators, the fishing industry has

The American Way of Eating

by Tracie McMillan

336 pages. $25. Scribner.

"What if you can't afford $9 tomatoes?" journalist Tracie McMillan asked herself before embarking on the research for the latest book,