Let's Eat: Sustainable Food for a Hungry Planet (Orca Footprints, 10) - Hardcover

Book 10 of 18: Orca Footprints

Veness, Kimberley

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9781459809390: Let's Eat: Sustainable Food for a Hungry Planet (Orca Footprints, 10)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1459809394 ISBN 13: 9781459809390
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers, 2017

Synopsis

All the food you eat, whether it's an apple or a steak or a chocolate-coated cricket, has a story.

Let's Eat uncovers the secret lives of our groceries, exploring alternative―and sometimes bizarre―farm technology and touring gardens up high on corporate rooftops and down low in military-style bunkers beneath city streets. Packed with interesting and sometimes startling facts on agriculture around the world, Let's Eat reveals everything from the size of the biggest farm in the world to how many pesticides are in a single grape to which insect people prefer to eat.

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About the Author

Kimberley Veness is a freelance writer and editor who lives in Sooke, British Columbia, with her family.

From the Back Cover

locavore, organic, green living, eat local, food deserts, monoculture, urban farms, bees, groceries, diversity, hydroponics, permaculture

From the Inside Flap

locavore, organic, green living, eat local, food deserts, monoculture, urban farms, bees, groceries, diversity, hydroponics, permaculture

Reviews

Gr 3–6—Written in a friendly style, this title examines the origins, the potential hazards, and the environmental effects of the food we produce and eat. The topics presented range from small family farming to aquaponics (raising plants and fish together), and the book offers some historical background on food production all over the world. Unusual methods such as underground and skyscraper farming, hydroponics, and the cultivation of edible insects on Mars are also covered. Full-color photographs and sidebars keep the reading experience lively. However, the somewhat random arrangement of the subjects detracts from the overall cohesiveness of the work. Nonetheless, this is a valuable addition that provides new information to students interested in agriculture and the environmental results of present-day food manufacturing. VERDICT Useful for classroom discussions on farming, sustainable agriculture, and the ramifications of industrial farming.—Eva Elisabeth VonAncken, formerly at Trinity-Pawling School, Pawling, NY

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Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1459809394
ISBN 13 
9781459809390
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
48
Rating
  • 4.00 out of 5 stars
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