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Sustainable Food

Sustainable Food

How to Buy Right and Spend Less

Elise McDonough (Author)

$7.95
  • Publisher: Chelsea Green
  • Format: Book
  • Binding: pb
  • Pages: 96
  • Released: Sep 15, 2009
  • ISBN-13: 9781603581417

Details

This down-to-earth, casual guide—small enough to be slipped into your pocket—answers these and other questions for the shopper:

* What are the differences among organic, local, fair-trade, free-range, naturally raised, and biodynamic foods?
* How affordable is it to subscribe to a CSA farm—and what are the advantages?
* What cooking oils can be sustainably sourced?
* How can a food co-op increase access to, and affordability of, healthier, Earth-friendly foods?
* Where can you find sustainably produced sugar, and are there any local replacements for sweeteners from faraway lands?
* What do the distinctions between shade-grown and trellised coffee mean?
* Is shark okay to eat? How about mackerel?
* Why is the war on plastic bags so important?

Sustainable eating just got easier.

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