Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It

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Synopsis
Beyond what we already know about "food miles" and eating locally, the global food system is a major contributor to climate change, producing as much as one-third of greenhouse gas emissions. How we farm, what we eat, and how our food gets to the table all have an impact. And our government and the food industry are willfully ignoring the issue rather than addressing it. In Anna Lappé's controversial new book, she predicts that unless we radically shift the trends of what food we're eating and how we're producing it, food system-related greenhouse gas emissions will go up and up and up. She exposes the interests that will resist the change, and the spin food companies will generate to avoid system-wide reform. And she offers a vision of a future in which our food system does more good than harm, with six principles for a climate friendly diet as well as visits to farmers who are demonstrating the potential of sustainable farming. In this measured and intelligent call to action, Lappé helps readers understand that food can be a powerful starting point for solutions to global environmental problems.
Copyright:
2011

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
352 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781608191307
Related ISBNs:
9781608194650
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Anna Lappé
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine, Health, Mind and Body, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences
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Bookshare Staff
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