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🚜 Locavore Movement

Explorations of eating locally and seasonally, celebrating the farmers, ecosystems, and philosophies behind the push to shorten the distance from soil to table.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
by Barbara Kingsolver • 2007
One family, one year, one rule: nothing to eat from beyond a hundred miles.
4.05
113k+
🍂 Seasonal Cooking📖 Food Memoirs🌾 Sustainable Agriculture
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Summary
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle 93%
One family, one year, one rule: nothing to eat from beyond a hundred miles.
by Barbara Kingsolver 2007
4.05
113k+ ratings
🍂 Seasonal Cooking📖 Food Memoirs🌾 Sustainable Agriculture
The Art of Simple Food
by Alice Waters • 2007
The best cooking skill: buying perfect ingredients, then getting out of their way.
3.94
27k+
🥬 Farm-To-Table🗓️ Seasonal Cooking🏡 Home Cooking
The Art of Simple Food Summary
The Art of Simple Food 92%
The best cooking skill: buying perfect ingredients, then getting out of their way.
by Alice Waters 2007
3.94
27k+ ratings
🥬 Farm-To-Table🗓️ Seasonal Cooking🏡 Home Cooking
Folks, This Ain't Normal
by Joel Salatin • 2011
Food that travels 1,500 miles, animals that never graze, costs hidden: a farmer's case for normal.
4.21
5k+
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🌍 Soil Regeneration
Folks, This Ain't Normal Summary
Folks, This Ain't Normal 92%
Food that travels 1,500 miles, animals that never graze, costs hidden: a farmer's case for normal.
by Joel Salatin 2011
4.21
5k+ ratings
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🌍 Soil Regeneration
Eating for Beginners
by Melanie Rehak • 2010
A food writer butchered a lamb and worked a fishing boat. Her toddler still refused broccoli.
3.62
285
🌱 Farm To Table🔪 Restaurant Kitchens🌍 Sustainable Eating
Eating for Beginners Summary
Eating for Beginners 91%
A food writer butchered a lamb and worked a fishing boat. Her toddler still refused broccoli.
by Melanie Rehak 2010
3.62
285 ratings
🌱 Farm To Table🔪 Restaurant Kitchens🌍 Sustainable Eating
Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money
by Woody Tasch • 2008
Fast money erodes soil and community. The argument for investing at the speed of compost.
3.57
198
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems💰 Sustainable Investing
Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money Summary
Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money 91%
Fast money erodes soil and community. The argument for investing at the speed of compost.
by Woody Tasch 2008
3.57
198 ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems💰 Sustainable Investing
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology
by Vandana Shiva • 2015
Agribusiness didn't end hunger. Small farms, producing 70% of food on 30% of land, feed us.
3.96
436
🌱 Agroecology✊ Food Sovereignty🏭 Industrial Agriculture
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology Summary
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology 91%
Agribusiness didn't end hunger. Small farms, producing 70% of food on 30% of land, feed us.
by Vandana Shiva 2015
3.96
436 ratings
🌱 Agroecology✊ Food Sovereignty🏭 Industrial Agriculture
The Third Plate
by Dan Barber • 2014
Forget farm-to-table. A chef's plan for a cuisine that restores the land it comes from.
4.28
7k+
🚜 Food Systems🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🦠 Soil Biology
The Third Plate Summary
The Third Plate 91%
Forget farm-to-table. A chef's plan for a cuisine that restores the land it comes from.
by Dan Barber 2014
4.28
7k+ ratings
🚜 Food Systems🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🦠 Soil Biology
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal
by Joel Salatin • 2007
Government says raw milk and teenage farmhands are crimes. One sustainable farmer's legal war.
4.20
2k+
🧑‍🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🏭 Factory Farming Critique
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal Summary
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal 91%
Government says raw milk and teenage farmhands are crimes. One sustainable farmer's legal war.
by Joel Salatin 2007
4.20
2k+ ratings
🧑‍🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🏭 Factory Farming Critique
The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Richie Chevat • 2015
Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.
4.03
4k+
🍽️ Food Systems🐄 Factory Farming🇺🇸 American Diet
The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
The Omnivore's Dilemma 91%
Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.
by Richie Chevat 2015
4.03
4k+ ratings
🍽️ Food Systems🐄 Factory Farming🇺🇸 American Diet
The Feast Nearby
by Robin Mather • 2011
Job gone, marriage over: one woman, $40 a week, a year of eating what grew nearby.
3.79
2k+
🥬 Seasonal Eating🧑‍🌾 Local Food Systems🍳 Culinary Memoir
The Feast Nearby Summary
The Feast Nearby 91%
Job gone, marriage over: one woman, $40 a week, a year of eating what grew nearby.
by Robin Mather 2011
3.79
2k+ ratings
🥬 Seasonal Eating🧑‍🌾 Local Food Systems🍳 Culinary Memoir
Eat Nordic
by Trine Hahnemann • 2016
Rye bread, herring, home baking: how Nordic eating sheds pounds without counting a single calorie.
3.19
16
🧊 Nordic Cuisine🍂 Seasonal Eating🍞 Home Baking
Eat Nordic Summary
Eat Nordic 91%
Rye bread, herring, home baking: how Nordic eating sheds pounds without counting a single calorie.
by Trine Hahnemann 2016
3.19
16 ratings
🧊 Nordic Cuisine🍂 Seasonal Eating🍞 Home Baking
The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Michael Pollan • 2006
Corn and oil, not sunlight, power what we eat. Four meals traced to their hidden origins.
4.19
211k+
🏭 Food Systems🌽 Industrial Agriculture🌾 Sustainable Farming
The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
The Omnivore's Dilemma 91%
Corn and oil, not sunlight, power what we eat. Four meals traced to their hidden origins.
by Michael Pollan 2006
4.19
211k+ ratings
🏭 Food Systems🌽 Industrial Agriculture🌾 Sustainable Farming
Designing Regenerative Food Systems
by Marina O'Connell • 2022
Farming doesn't have to destroy. Six systems that restore soil, store carbon, and feed the world.
3.75
4
🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🌱 Regenerative Farming🏡 Permaculture
Designing Regenerative Food Systems Summary
Designing Regenerative Food Systems 91%
Farming doesn't have to destroy. Six systems that restore soil, store carbon, and feed the world.
by Marina O'Connell 2022
3.75
4 ratings
🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🌱 Regenerative Farming🏡 Permaculture
Food Matters
by Mark Bittman • 2008
Put plants at the center, meat on the side, and guilt off the table entirely.
3.97
11k+
🏛️ Food Politics🥬 Plant-Based Eating🔬 Nutrition Science
Food Matters Summary
Food Matters 91%
Put plants at the center, meat on the side, and guilt off the table entirely.
by Mark Bittman 2008
3.97
11k+ ratings
🏛️ Food Politics🥬 Plant-Based Eating🔬 Nutrition Science
The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer
by Joel Salatin • 2010
Soil, animals, and bank account agree: the 'lunatic' farmer is the only sane one left.
4.26
462
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🌍 Soil Health🐄 Grass-Based Farming
The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer Summary
The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer 90%
Soil, animals, and bank account agree: the 'lunatic' farmer is the only sane one left.
by Joel Salatin 2010
4.26
462 ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🌍 Soil Health🐄 Grass-Based Farming
Earth Democracy
by Vandana Shiva • 2005
The enclosure of common land never ended. It just moved to seeds, water, and biodiversity.
3.97
749
🍽️ Food Politics🌍 Anti-Globalization⚖️ Environmental Justice
Earth Democracy Summary
Earth Democracy 90%
The enclosure of common land never ended. It just moved to seeds, water, and biodiversity.
by Vandana Shiva 2005
3.97
749 ratings
🍽️ Food Politics🌍 Anti-Globalization⚖️ Environmental Justice
Soil Not Oil
by Vandana Shiva • 2008
Biofuels starve people, carbon markets fake progress, the real climate solution is under your feet.
4.08
535
🏭 Industrial Agriculture⚖️ Environmental Justice🌾 Food Sovereignty
Soil Not Oil Summary
Soil Not Oil 90%
Biofuels starve people, carbon markets fake progress, the real climate solution is under your feet.
by Vandana Shiva 2008
4.08
535 ratings
🏭 Industrial Agriculture⚖️ Environmental Justice🌾 Food Sovereignty
Food Politics
by Robert Paarlberg • 2010
The hidden policy battles behind every bite, from farm subsidy wars to the GMO divide.
3.49
340
🍽️ Food Politics🌾 Agricultural Policy🍞 Global Hunger
Food Politics Summary
Food Politics 90%
The hidden policy battles behind every bite, from farm subsidy wars to the GMO divide.
by Robert Paarlberg 2010
3.49
340 ratings
🍽️ Food Politics🌾 Agricultural Policy🍞 Global Hunger
The Unsettling of America
by Wendell Berry • 1977
America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.
4.33
7k+
🧑‍🌾 Agrarian Philosophy🌍 Land Ethics🚜 Farming Criticism
The Unsettling of America Summary
The Unsettling of America 90%
America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.
by Wendell Berry 1977
4.33
7k+ ratings
🧑‍🌾 Agrarian Philosophy🌍 Land Ethics🚜 Farming Criticism
Eating Tomorrow
by Timothy A. Wise • 2019
Agribusiness starves farmers and the planet. Peasant-led farming is already fixing it.
3.78
78
🍽️ Food Politics🏢 Agribusiness Critique🌾 Food Sovereignty
Eating Tomorrow Summary
Eating Tomorrow 90%
Agribusiness starves farmers and the planet. Peasant-led farming is already fixing it.
by Timothy A. Wise 2019
3.78
78 ratings
🍽️ Food Politics🏢 Agribusiness Critique🌾 Food Sovereignty
How to Feed the World
by Vaclav Smil • 2024
Why twenty crops feed humanity, photosynthesis wastes most energy, and incremental fixes beat hype.
3.57
978
🥘 Food Systems🌱 Sustainable Agriculture🔬 Nutrition Science
How to Feed the World Summary
How to Feed the World 90%
Why twenty crops feed humanity, photosynthesis wastes most energy, and incremental fixes beat hype.
by Vaclav Smil 2024
3.57
978 ratings
🥘 Food Systems🌱 Sustainable Agriculture🔬 Nutrition Science
Made in Italy
by Giorgio Locatelli • 2006
A fight for real Italian food: protecting the inner bite of pasta and the shared table.
4.35
368
🍽️ Culinary Memoir🇮🇹 Regional Italian🐌 Slow Food Movement
Made in Italy Summary
Made in Italy 90%
A fight for real Italian food: protecting the inner bite of pasta and the shared table.
by Giorgio Locatelli 2006
4.35
368 ratings
🍽️ Culinary Memoir🇮🇹 Regional Italian🐌 Slow Food Movement
The Great Plant-Based Con
by Jayne Buxton • 2022
The data against meat is mostly weak associations. The fortune behind the plant-based push is not.
3.52
343
🥩 Nutrition Myths🗳️ Food Politics🌿 Regenerative Agriculture
The Great Plant-Based Con Summary
The Great Plant-Based Con 90%
The data against meat is mostly weak associations. The fortune behind the plant-based push is not.
by Jayne Buxton 2022
3.52
343 ratings
🥩 Nutrition Myths🗳️ Food Politics🌿 Regenerative Agriculture
The One-Straw Revolution
by Masanobu Fukuoka • 1975
A manifesto that argues plowing, weeding, and fertilizing are optional. Thirty years of proof.
4.33
9k+
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture☮️ Zen Philosophy🧱 Soil Health
The One-Straw Revolution Summary
The One-Straw Revolution 90%
A manifesto that argues plowing, weeding, and fertilizing are optional. Thirty years of proof.
by Masanobu Fukuoka 1975
4.33
9k+ ratings
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture☮️ Zen Philosophy🧱 Soil Health
I Quit Sugar for Life
by Sarah Wilson • 2014
A fat-fueled, four-week reset for breaking sugar's hold for good, without hunger or denial.
3.87
588
🍬 Sugar-Free Diet🥗 Whole Foods Diet🦠 Gut Health
I Quit Sugar for Life Summary
I Quit Sugar for Life 90%
A fat-fueled, four-week reset for breaking sugar's hold for good, without hunger or denial.
by Sarah Wilson 2014
3.87
588 ratings
🍬 Sugar-Free Diet🥗 Whole Foods Diet🦠 Gut Health
Eating on the Wild Side
by Jo Robinson • 2013
We spent millennia breeding nutrients out of our food. The rules for getting them back.
4.19
4k+
🔬 Nutrition Science🌿 Wild Foods📅 Seasonal Eating
Eating on the Wild Side Summary
Eating on the Wild Side 90%
We spent millennia breeding nutrients out of our food. The rules for getting them back.
by Jo Robinson 2013
4.19
4k+ ratings
🔬 Nutrition Science🌿 Wild Foods📅 Seasonal Eating
Last Harvest
by Dan Saladino • 2021
Three grains now supply half the world's calories. What happens when the backup crops are gone?
4.31
3k+
🌾 Food Biodiversity📜 Agricultural History🚜 Monoculture Critique
Last Harvest Summary
Last Harvest 90%
Three grains now supply half the world's calories. What happens when the backup crops are gone?
by Dan Saladino 2021
4.31
3k+ ratings
🌾 Food Biodiversity📜 Agricultural History🚜 Monoculture Critique
Diet for a New America
by John Robbins • 1987
One dietary choice links heart disease, the Amazon, world hunger, and billions of suffering animals.
4.19
4k+
🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition🍽️ Food Ethics🐄 Animal Welfare
Diet for a New America Summary
Diet for a New America 90%
One dietary choice links heart disease, the Amazon, world hunger, and billions of suffering animals.
by John Robbins 1987
4.19
4k+ ratings
🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition🍽️ Food Ethics🐄 Animal Welfare
The Profitable Hobby Farm
by Sarah Beth Aubrey • 2010
Your hobby farm can earn real money. The business blueprint for making local food pay.
3.71
157
🚜 Small Farm Business🥕 Local Food Movement🌱 Sustainable Agriculture
The Profitable Hobby Farm Summary
The Profitable Hobby Farm 90%
Your hobby farm can earn real money. The business blueprint for making local food pay.
by Sarah Beth Aubrey 2010
3.71
157 ratings
🚜 Small Farm Business🥕 Local Food Movement🌱 Sustainable Agriculture
Food Rules
by Michael Pollan • 2008
Sixty-four rules that replace dieting with common sense, home cooking, and enjoying your food.
3.99
49k+
🥦 Whole Foods🧘 Mindful Eating🍳 Home Cooking
Food Rules Summary
Food Rules 90%
Sixty-four rules that replace dieting with common sense, home cooking, and enjoying your food.
by Michael Pollan 2008
3.99
49k+ ratings
🥦 Whole Foods🧘 Mindful Eating🍳 Home Cooking
We Are the Weather
by Jonathan Safran Foer • 2019
Sixty percent of mammals are livestock. Two plant-based meals a day saves 1.3 metric tons of carbon.
3.69
17k+
🚜 Food Systems📢 Climate Advocacy⚖️ Environmental Ethics
We Are the Weather Summary
We Are the Weather 90%
Sixty percent of mammals are livestock. Two plant-based meals a day saves 1.3 metric tons of carbon.
by Jonathan Safran Foer 2019
3.69
17k+ ratings
🚜 Food Systems📢 Climate Advocacy⚖️ Environmental Ethics
Animal, Vegetable, Junk
by Mark Bittman • 2021
Farming gave us civilization, slavery, famine, and junk food. A provocative history of what we eat.
3.90
4k+
📜 Food Systems History🌍 Global Agriculture🏭 Industrial Agriculture
Animal, Vegetable, Junk Summary
Animal, Vegetable, Junk 90%
Farming gave us civilization, slavery, famine, and junk food. A provocative history of what we eat.
by Mark Bittman 2021
3.90
4k+ ratings
📜 Food Systems History🌍 Global Agriculture🏭 Industrial Agriculture
Food Fix
by Mark Hyman • 2020
Chronic disease, climate change, and inequality share one cause: the industrial food on your plate.
4.07
3k+
🌐 Food Systems🏛️ Food Policy🏭 Industrial Agriculture
Food Fix Summary
Food Fix 90%
Chronic disease, climate change, and inequality share one cause: the industrial food on your plate.
by Mark Hyman 2020
4.07
3k+ ratings
🌐 Food Systems🏛️ Food Policy🏭 Industrial Agriculture
Sowing Seeds in the Desert
by Masanobu Fukuoka • 2012
Our farms are making deserts. A hands-off method for restoring them with seeds and clay.
4.34
724
🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture🌳 Permaculture Philosophy🌱 Ecological Restoration
Sowing Seeds in the Desert Summary
Sowing Seeds in the Desert 90%
Our farms are making deserts. A hands-off method for restoring them with seeds and clay.
by Masanobu Fukuoka 2012
4.34
724 ratings
🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture🌳 Permaculture Philosophy🌱 Ecological Restoration
Grass, Soil, Hope
by Courtney White • 2014
Carbon is not the enemy: the ranchers and farmers burying it to save the climate.
4.04
168
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Restoration🌬️ Carbon Sequestration
Grass, Soil, Hope Summary
Grass, Soil, Hope 90%
Carbon is not the enemy: the ranchers and farmers burying it to save the climate.
by Courtney White 2014
4.04
168 ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Restoration🌬️ Carbon Sequestration
In Defense of Food
by Michael Pollan • 2008
Forget superfoods and nutrient math. The healthiest diet rules are older than science and simpler.
4.07
120k+
🔬 Nutrition Science🏛️ Food Politics🌍 Traditional Diets
In Defense of Food Summary
In Defense of Food 89%
Forget superfoods and nutrient math. The healthiest diet rules are older than science and simpler.
by Michael Pollan 2008
4.07
120k+ ratings
🔬 Nutrition Science🏛️ Food Politics🌍 Traditional Diets
Eat Like a Human
by Bill Schindler • 2021
The ancestral food-prep tricks that make plants safe, grains digestible, and dairy a superfood.
3.86
352
🦴 Ancestral Nutrition🫙 Fermentation🥩 Nose-To-Tail Eating
Eat Like a Human Summary
Eat Like a Human 89%
The ancestral food-prep tricks that make plants safe, grains digestible, and dairy a superfood.
by Bill Schindler 2021
3.86
352 ratings
🦴 Ancestral Nutrition🫙 Fermentation🥩 Nose-To-Tail Eating
You Can Farm
by Joel Salatin • 1998
No land? No problem. Three livestock enterprises turn a small farm profitable, stacked right.
4.31
2k+
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Small-Scale Farming💼 Farm Entrepreneurship
You Can Farm Summary
You Can Farm 89%
No land? No problem. Three livestock enterprises turn a small farm profitable, stacked right.
by Joel Salatin 1998
4.31
2k+ ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Small-Scale Farming💼 Farm Entrepreneurship
Project Animal Farm
by Sonia Faruqi • 2015
One dairy farm visit sent a banker undercover worldwide to expose factory farming's hidden reality.
4.21
405
🏭 Factory Farming🐾 Animal Welfare🍽️ Ethical Eating
Project Animal Farm Summary
Project Animal Farm 89%
One dairy farm visit sent a banker undercover worldwide to expose factory farming's hidden reality.
by Sonia Faruqi 2015
4.21
405 ratings
🏭 Factory Farming🐾 Animal Welfare🍽️ Ethical Eating
Pastoral Song
by James Rebanks • 2020
The old ways fed birdsong and bellies. A farmer's argument for mending what cheap food broke.
4.42
8k+
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Traditional Farming🪱 Soil Health
Pastoral Song Summary
Pastoral Song 89%
The old ways fed birdsong and bellies. A farmer's argument for mending what cheap food broke.
by James Rebanks 2020
4.42
8k+ ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Traditional Farming🪱 Soil Health
A Pocket Guide to Sustainable Food Shopping
by Kate Bratskeir • 2021
Your grocery cart can fight climate change: one small change at a time, without the guilt.
4.13
124
🥗 Sustainable Eating🛒 Ethical Consumerism🗑️ Food Waste Reduction
A Pocket Guide to Sustainable Food Shopping Summary
A Pocket Guide to Sustainable Food Shopping 89%
Your grocery cart can fight climate change: one small change at a time, without the guilt.
by Kate Bratskeir 2021
4.13
124 ratings
🥗 Sustainable Eating🛒 Ethical Consumerism🗑️ Food Waste Reduction
How We Eat
by Paco Underhill • 2022
Supermarkets seduce, apps deliver, cars feed: the hidden design of modern eating.
3.50
459
🏭 Food Systems🛒 Retail Anthropology🧠 Consumer Psychology
How We Eat Summary
How We Eat 89%
Supermarkets seduce, apps deliver, cars feed: the hidden design of modern eating.
by Paco Underhill 2022
3.50
459 ratings
🏭 Food Systems🛒 Retail Anthropology🧠 Consumer Psychology
Cooked
by Michael Pollan • 2013
Cooking made us human, then we stopped. What starting over from scratch reveals.
4.08
26k+
📜 Culinary History🔬 Food Science🫙 Fermentation
Cooked Summary
Cooked 89%
Cooking made us human, then we stopped. What starting over from scratch reveals.
by Michael Pollan 2013
4.08
26k+ ratings
📜 Culinary History🔬 Food Science🫙 Fermentation
What Your Food Ate
by David R. Montgomery • 2022
A modern carrot has 40% fewer minerals. The missing nutrients are still in the dirt.
4.29
696
🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture🦠 Soil Microbiome🥬 Nutrient Density
What Your Food Ate Summary
What Your Food Ate 89%
A modern carrot has 40% fewer minerals. The missing nutrients are still in the dirt.
by David R. Montgomery 2022
4.29
696 ratings
🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture🦠 Soil Microbiome🥬 Nutrient Density
Should We Eat Meat?
by Vaclav Smil • 2013
Meat grew our brains. Its modern scale now threatens the planet. A quantified middle path.
3.52
644
🏭 Industrial Agriculture🌡️ Meat And Climate🧬 Evolution Of Diet
Should We Eat Meat? Summary
Should We Eat Meat? 89%
Meat grew our brains. Its modern scale now threatens the planet. A quantified middle path.
by Vaclav Smil 2013
3.52
644 ratings
🏭 Industrial Agriculture🌡️ Meat And Climate🧬 Evolution Of Diet
Sara Snow's Fresh Living
by Sara Snow • 2009
Toxins in your toothpaste, chemicals in your crib: a room-by-room detox for the whole house.
3.78
130
🏡 Green Home🧪 Non-Toxic Home👶 Eco-Friendly Parenting
Sara Snow's Fresh Living Summary
Sara Snow's Fresh Living 89%
Toxins in your toothpaste, chemicals in your crib: a room-by-room detox for the whole house.
by Sara Snow 2009
3.78
130 ratings
🏡 Green Home🧪 Non-Toxic Home👶 Eco-Friendly Parenting
The Food Revolution
by John Robbins • 2001
Heart disease, factory farming, climate change: one fork answers all three.
4.28
4k+
🥦 Plant-Based Nutrition🗳️ Food Politics🌱 Ethical Eating
The Food Revolution Summary
The Food Revolution 89%
Heart disease, factory farming, climate change: one fork answers all three.
by John Robbins 2001
4.28
4k+ ratings
🥦 Plant-Based Nutrition🗳️ Food Politics🌱 Ethical Eating
Grocery
by Michael Ruhlman • 2017
A $650 billion engine. How the American grocery store shapes our health, culture, and daily lives.
3.78
4k+
🛒 Grocery History🍩 Processed Food📢 Food Marketing
Grocery Summary
Grocery 89%
A $650 billion engine. How the American grocery store shapes our health, culture, and daily lives.
by Michael Ruhlman 2017
3.78
4k+ ratings
🛒 Grocery History🍩 Processed Food📢 Food Marketing
No Impact Man
by Colin Beavan • 2009
90 gallons of trash in 4 days: a Manhattan family aims for zero, for a year.
3.78
5k+
🏙️ Urban Sustainability🧪 Lifestyle Experiments🗑️ Waste Reduction
No Impact Man Summary
No Impact Man 89%
90 gallons of trash in 4 days: a Manhattan family aims for zero, for a year.
by Colin Beavan 2009
3.78
5k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Sustainability🧪 Lifestyle Experiments🗑️ Waste Reduction
Freedom Farmers
by Monica M. White • 2018
How Black farmers built cooperative freedom, from Reconstruction fields to Detroit’s urban farms.
4.36
404
🌱 Black Agriculture🥗 Food Sovereignty🤝 Cooperative Economics
Freedom Farmers Summary
Freedom Farmers 89%
How Black farmers built cooperative freedom, from Reconstruction fields to Detroit’s urban farms.
by Monica M. White 2018
4.36
404 ratings
🌱 Black Agriculture🥗 Food Sovereignty🤝 Cooperative Economics
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