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21) Food fix: how to save our health, our economy, our communities, and our planet-- one bite at a time
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Food is our most powerful tool to reverse the global epidemic of chronic disease, heal the environment, reform politics, and revive economies. What we eat has tremendous implications not just for our waistlines, but also for the planet, society, and the global economy. What we do to our bodies, we do to the planet; and what we do to the planet, we do to our bodies. In Food Fix, #1 bestselling author Mark Hyman explains how our food and agriculture...
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Language
English
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Description
"We have entered a new age of eating. For the first time in human history, most of our calories come from an entirely novel set of substances called Ultra-Processed Food. There's a long, formal scientific definition, but it can be boiled down to this: if it's wrapped in plastic and has at least one ingredient that you wouldn't find in your kitchen, it's UPF. In this book, Chris van Tulleken, father, scientist, doctor, and award-winning BBC broadcaster,...
Author
Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Accessible and easy-to-follow, The Greenprint is a movement to embrace your absolute best and healthiest life. Through his more than two decades of experience working with clients, including some of the world's biggest celebrities, and spearheading exercise and nutrition research, Borges developed the groundbreaking "22 Laws of Plants," which he's determined are the most important plant-based diet, exercise, and lifestyle secrets for losing weight,...
24) La huella verde
Author
Publisher
Ediciones Obelisco
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Accesible y fácil de seguir, The Greenprint es un movimiento para adoptar un estilo de vida mejor y más saludable. A través de sus más de dos décadas de experiencia trabajando con clientes, entre ellos, algunas de las celebrida- des más famosas del mundo, y líder en la investigación nutricional y ejercicio físico, Borges desarrolló las innova- doras ±22 Leyes de las plantas» que, asegura, configuran la dieta íntegramente vegetal, el...
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Narrated by Kate Winslet, this entertaining and surprising documentary will challenge the way you look at the food industry. What is the true cost of food? Who pays the price? Featuring shocking undercover footage and poignant first-hand accounts from indigenous people, this one-of-a-kind documentary will permanently change your perception of food and its connection to the future of our planet.
26) Clean protein: the revolution that will reshape your body, boost your energy--and save our planet
Author
Publisher
Weinstein Books, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Colin Campbell, author of The China Study (3M sold across all formats and editions) and New York Times bestseller Whole, returns with The Future of Nutrition, a book examining the shortcomings and confusion within the nutrition industry and outlining steps to improve"--
Campbell takes on the institution of nutrition itself: the history of how we got locked in to focusing on "disease care" over health care; the widespread impact of our reverence...
Publisher
Docuramafilms
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for the future of our food and our planet.
Author
Publisher
Current/Random House
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Americans eat more processed foods than anyone else in the world. We also spend more on military research. These two seemingly unrelated facts are inextricably linked. If you ever wondered how ready-to-eat foods infiltrated your kitchen, you'll love this entertaining romp through the secret military history of practically everything you buy at the supermarket. In a nondescript Boston suburb, in a handful of low buildings buffered by trees and a lake,...
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Publisher
Island Press
Language
English
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"Barons is the story of seven corporate titans, their rise to power, and the consequences for everyone else. Take Mike McCloskey, Chairman of Fair Oaks Farms. In a few short decades, he went from managing a modest dairy herd to running the Disneyland of agriculture, where school children ride trams through mechanized warehouses filled with tens of thousands of cows that never see the light of day. What was the key to his success? Hard work and exceptional...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
""Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of food journalist Pollan's thesis. Humans used to know how to eat well, he argues, but the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists. As a result, we face today a complex culinary landscape dense with bad advice and foods that are not "real."...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.4 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
A journalist explores the homogenization of American culture and the impact of the fast food industry on modern-day health, economy, politics, popular culture, entertainment, and food production.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The Founder and CEO of the KIND brand of healthy snacks shares the story of his childhood in Mexico as the son of a Holocaust survivor and his professional successes, outlining his philosophies about business practices that combine profit goals and social consciousness.
Publisher
Entrepreneur Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
At over a billion dollars, the mobile food industry is enjoying more publicity and notoriety than ever before. Catering to a new generation of foodies looking for quick and unique specialties, the mobile food business is booming with new opportunities for eager entrepreneurs like you. From gourmet food to all-American basics and hot dog wagons to bustaurants, our experts give you the delicious details behind starting and running a successful mobile...
37) American wasteland: how America throws away nearly half of its food (and what we can do about it)
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Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Examines food waste in the United States, what it says about Americans, the economic and environmental impacts of food waste, and how to lessen what is wasted.
Author
Publisher
Red Deer Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Eat This examines how the fast-food industry uses advertising and marketing to influence children and young adults, while providing means and measures to combat the ubiquitous problem."--
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