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Joan Dye Gussow (1928-2025) Academic, author, environmentalist. Joan Dye Gussow was born in Alhambra, California, and died in Piermont, New York.

Full Name

Joan Dye Gussow

Locations

New York•Rockland

Author's Timeline

1928

Birth

Joan Dye was born in Alhambra, California, on October 4, 1928.

1950

Other Life Event

Ms. Gussow moved to New York City in 1950.

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Other Life Event

New York County: Ms. Gussow received a doctorate in nutrition from Columbia University.

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Other Life Event

New York County: Ms. Gussow taught at Columbia University for more than fifty years.

1978

Literary Work

The Feeding Web: Issues in Nutritional Ecology
Bull Publishing Company
0915950154 / 978-0915950157
Nonfiction.

1986

Literary Work

The Nutrition Debate: Sorting Out Some Answers
Berkley: Bull Publishing Company
0915950669 / 978-0915950669
Nonfiction.

1991

Literary Work

Chicken Little, Tomato Sauce and Agriculture: Who Will Produce Tomorrow's Food?
Bootstrap Press
0942850343 / 978-0942850345
Nonfiction.

1995

Other Life Event

Rockland County: Ms. Gussow moved to Piermont, New York, in 1995.

2002

Literary Work

This Organic Life: Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader
Chelsea Green Publishing
1890132942 / 978-1890132941
Nonfiction.

2010

Literary Work

Growing, Older: A Chronicle of Death, Life, and Vegetables
Chelsea Green Publishing; First Edition
1603582924 / 978-1603582926
Nonfiction.

2025

Death

Rockland County: Joan Dye Gussow died at her home in Piermont, New York, on March 7, 2025.

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