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"A radically practical guide to making food choices that are good for you, others, and the planet. Is organic really worth it? Are eggs ok to eat? If so, which ones are best for you, and for the chicken -- Cage-Free, Free-Range, Pasture-Raised? What about farmed salmon, soy milk, sugar, gluten, fermented foods, coconut oil, almonds? Thumbs-up, thumbs-down, or somewhere in between? Using three criteria -- Is it good for me? Is it good for others? Is...
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Toht addresses the needs of those who want to take control of the food they eat and the products they use--even if they live in a urban or suburban house on a typical-size lot. He shows homeowners how to turn their yard into a productive and wholesome "homestead" that allows them to grow their own fruits and vegetables, and raise to farm animals, including chickens and goats. Toht also covers the laws and regulations of raising livestock in populated...
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Michael Ruhlman offers incisive commentary on America's relationship with its food and investigates the overlooked source of so much of it--the grocery store. In a culture obsessed with food--how it looks, what it tastes like, where it comes from, what is good for us--there are often more questions than answers. Ruhlman proposes that the best practices for consuming wisely could be hiding in plain sight--in the aisles of your local supermarket. Using...
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"Sprouts, tofu, granola, brown rice, whole-grain bread: suspect foods fifty years ago, omnipresent today: Journey back a half century in time-to the 1960s and 1970s-with food writer Jonathan Kauffman who tells the story of how a coterie of unusual men and women embraced an alternative lifestyle that would change how modern Americans eat. Impeccably researched, Hippie Food chronicles how the longhairs, revolutionaries, and back-to-the-landers rejected...
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Join the real food revolution with a true pioneer in the Community Supported Agriculture movement-Farmer John Peterson and his farm, Angelic Organics. Angelic Organics is a leader in community supported gardening and biodynamics, helping to connect people with their food, their farmers, and healthful living.
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Gustafson takes readers into the farms, markets, organizations, businesses and institutions across America that are pushing for a more sustainable food system in America. She introduces many of America's food innovators who are striving for alternatives to the industrial food system.
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With Fresh and Flavorful Herbs, you can choose the herb or herbs you will use the most and build your herb garden around them. Start with an overview of how to grow, harvest, and store herbs. Then, learn how to handle each herb and what flavors they work well with. The culinary section includes how to prepare and use your herbs, plus savory and sweet recipes to feature them in. Choose your favorite herbs, learn to grow them successfully, and never...
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"Is Italian olive oil really Italian, or are we dipping our bread in lamp oil? Why are we masochistically drawn to foods that can hurt us, like hot peppers? Far from being a classic American dish, is apple pie actually...English? 'As a species, we're hardwired to obsess over food,' Matt Siegel explains as he sets out 'to uncover the hidden side of everything we put in our mouths.' Siegel also probes subjects ranging from the myths--and realities--of...
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The seemingly endless expansion of the chocolate shelves at your local food store is only the visible side of the deep metamorphosis happening to the aging chocolate industry.
Approximately five million tropical farmers, mostly in West Africa, produce over four and half million tons of cacao beans that are, converted into an eighty-three-Billion-dollar industry run by two dozen multinational companies. Since the 1980's' the "shareholder's value" and...
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More and more people are interested in eating well and in understanding where their food comes from. But where do you start? Organic, free-range, local, or sustainable: the choices can be overwhelming-not to mention expensive. In Frugavore, Arabella Forge shows that developing a better relationship with food is not as difficult as it may appear. She provides hands-on, practical advice for a new way of living-eating frugally. Learn how to access quality...
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The number of urban beekeepers has escalated with more than 25 percent increases year over year in the United States and the United Kingdom. From a go-to authority on beekeeping and backyard farming, The Rooftop Beekeeper is the first handbook to explore the ease and charm of keeping bees in an urban environment. This useful manual--at once a good read and a pretty object--features a relatable first-person narrative, checklists, numbered how-tos,...
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A 2017 IACP Award FinalistA beautifully photographed, innovative guide to edible seaweed and sea vegetables with vegan recipes-for your health and the planet's "One of the world's most sustainable and nutritious crops," according to The New Yorker, "seaweed could be a miracle food." It's also been called "the new kale" (CNBC) and a "climate warrior" (Atlantic). On the cutting edge of food and sustainability, seaweed and sea vegetables are good...
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Indulge your sweet tooth all year long with honey's many seasonal flavors. Use avocado honey to add depth to April's baby carrots, spice up your July peaches with sourwood honey, and add some cranberry honey to November's Thanksgiving spread. This delightful book is filled with bits of honey lore and beekeeping history to sweeten your exploration of the varied and delicious ways you can use honey every day. With 84 recipes that highlight a different...
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Pulling carts around the farm or serving as loyal pack animals, goats are naturally hardworking and make for friendly companions. This straightforward guide teaches you how to choose, house, feed, train, and breed the best goats for your space and needs. Whether you want to churn out fresh dairy products, harvest soft cashmere for knitting, or keep goats as playful pets, The Backyard Goat makes it easy to enjoy the benefits of owning goats, with no...
17) Eat less water
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"Experts predict two-thirds of people living on this planet in 2025 will experience water scarcity, a situation expected to result in the deaths of millions and an unprecedented rise in military conflicts. Can we as individuals hope to have any effect on the global scale of water misuse?Yes, we can make a significant difference?with our food choices?learned author and activist Florencia Ramirez as she traveled across the nation to interview farmers...
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This antiquarian volume contains a concise treatise on the production of syrup from sweet sorghum, including information on equipment, correct methodology, testing, and much more besides. Written in clear, concise language and containing a wealth of helpful, practicable information, this text is ideal for those with little previous experience, and makes for a great addition to collections of allied literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Varieties...
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This volume contains a detailed treatise on the pickling of green olives produced by the University of California, with information on acid formation, deterioration, washing, brining, lye treatment, and much, much more. Written in clear, simple language and full of practicable information and interesting experiments, this text will appeal to those with a serious interest in preserving olives, and makes for a great addition to collections of allied...
20) Heritage
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"With a drive to preserve the heritage foods of the South, [executive chef and partner at Husk] Brock cooks dishes that are ingredient-driven and reinterpret the flavors of his youth in Appalachia and his adopted hometown of Charleston. The recipes include all the comfort food (think food to eat at home) and high-end restaurant food (fancier dishes when there's more time to cook) for which he has become so well-known"--Amazon.com.
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