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Suggested Readings

yes, books

-Diet for a Small Planet by Francis Moore Lappé: See here for a complete overview of this revolutionary book. Or, better yet, read the book!

-Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal by Tristram Stuart: A very thorough account of how wasteful our food systems are, from industry to supermarket to household. It is an incredibly shocking reality check, get ready. Check out the Ted Talk, too.  

-Kitchen Literacy: How we lost the knowledge of where our food comes from and why we need to get it back by Ann Vileisis 

-Banana Cultures: Agriculture, Consumption & Environmental Change in Honduras and the U.S by John Soluri 

-Food Justice by Robert Gottlieb

-American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of its Food (and What we can do about it) by Jonathan Bloom 

-Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver: A family's attempt to eat only what they farm for one year. Very interesting and informative about what eating seasonally truly means (and how rewarding it can be)!

-Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer: An incredibly in-depth unraveling of what's behind the meat we eat. Absolutely indispensable information when making food choices. Check out the website for a brief introduction http://www.eatinganimals.com/

-Monocultures of the Mind: Perspectives on Biodiversity by Vandana Shiva

-Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows: Because everything exists within systems, with endless relationships and interconnections. Our behavior must begin to reflect an understanding of systems, especially when it comes to food and agriculture, for our health and the wellbeing of the planet. Check out a taste of the book here. 

Suggested Documentaries

Available for instant streaming on Netflix

-Food, Inc. The secrets of the industrial food system unveiled. 

-Blue Gold: World Water Wars Lots of water goes into agriculture. This is why that's not good.

-Plastic Planet What's in plastic? It's everywhere, including food packaging in the grocery store. Is this good? Probably not.  

-Forks over Knives If you need to be convinced why a diet of plants and whole foods is the way to go (instead of one based in animal and processed products), watch this.

-Food Matters

-Ingredients

-The Future of Food

-Hungry for Change