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Title: To Buy or Not to Buy Organic: What You Need to Know to Choose the Healthiest, Safest, Most Earth-Friendly Food
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Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
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| To Buy or Not to Buy Organic: What You Need to Know to Choose the Healthiest, Safest, Most Earth-Friendly Food by Da Capo Press Easy to Read! | | This is an awesome book and answered just what I wanted answered. I was wanting to buy organic not just for my health, but also for the environment. But I know organic doesn't always equal environmentally friendly. And when do I buy local? If local foods aren't organic, should I get imported organic? This book talks about the environmental as well as health interplay in a really easy to read way. Its a quick read and has a very useful shopper's guide in the back. By far the best "organic buying" guide I've seen so far. Love it! | | To Buy or Not to Buy Organic: What You Need to Know to Choose the Healthiest, Safest, Most Earth-Friendly Food by Da Capo Press answers the question being asked... | Because I haven't been able to grow a garden of late, I'm forced to shop for most of my groceries. What I wanted to know is what I should buy or not buy. The author answers this perfectly and efficiently with a list in the latter part of the book, stating the produce in question, buy organic or not, and the reasons why.
What surprised me was that she also talks about how FAR food frequently travels and the carbon cost as a result. Is it worth buying organic if it's traveled across the ocean? While I understood this before, her book has made scrutinize this aspect of my food purchases even harder than before.
The book was an easy read but I admit to glossing over some of the talk about why you should eat organic or buy locally. What I wanted was precise information to help make my shopping more effective. I got exactly that. | | To Buy or Not to Buy Organic: What You Need to Know to Choose the Healthiest, Safest, Most Earth-Friendly Food by Da Capo Press Big Red Juicy Glow in the Dark Strawberries | | 65 diffrent organophsphates are registered for use in strawberry farming. So go ahead pop another one in your mouth. Why are today's teens so big and tall? Zeranol is a synthetic hormone given to stock animals to speed their growth. You connect the dots right to your childs musculoskeletal system and your ovaries. . . . . MYTH; organic food is for outcast aging hippies... WRONG; sales of organic food topped $14 billion in 2007. In 2006 Wal-mart doubled its number of organic products. Safeway has its own brand of organics. . . . MYTH; Organic food is overpriced.... WRONG; compare the cost of producing non-organic food with that of organic. The farmer/rancher who grows/mass produces nonorganically achieves more profit per pound of production. Zeralon, methylbromide, arsenic, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides,growth hormones, endosulfan, ALAR, DDT, POP (What is POP? Do don't wanna know!). Stop making excuses and listen to your inner voice. Daily stress, heavy metals, microwaves, radiowaves, air pollution --- we cannot avoid. But what you directly ingest is within your power to control. Ms. Burke presents all the many aspects of organic foods. From the frightening practices of non-organic farming/ranching to helping you make detailed organic decisions. Vegetables, nuts, grains, meats, snacks, etc. Become informed, really informed about the safest foods available for you, your family, and the environment. | | To Buy or Not to Buy Organic: What You Need to Know to Choose the Healthiest, Safest, Most Earth-Friendly Food by Da Capo Press To Buy or Not to Buy Organic: What You Need to Know to Choose the Healthiest, Safest, Most Earth-Friendly Food (Paperback) | | Indispensible book for navigating the food market. Learn where to spend your food dollars. Send one to everyone you love! | | To Buy or Not to Buy Organic: What You Need to Know to Choose the Healthiest, Safest, Most Earth-Friendly Food by Da Capo Press To Buy or not to Buy Organic | | Since we can't grow all our food ourselves, I found this book very useful in making good choices in what we buy. | | To Buy or Not to Buy Organic: What You Need to Know to Choose the Healthiest, Safest, Most Earth-Friendly Food by Da Capo Press Product Description | Food journalist and former professional chef Cindy Burke writes in the introduction to this book: "Organic food can be so expensive and difficult to find that I always wondered if I was spending my money wisely. I decided to become informed, really informed, about the options — organic, conventional, local, sustainable — so that I could choose the healthiest, safest food available." To Buy or Not to Buy Organic is the result of Burke's investigations. It tells you how to choose the healthiest, safest, most earth-friendly food, as you make your way through the supermarket, your local farmer's market, or your natural foods store. Highlights include: Making sense of the choices presented by organic, local, sustainable, minimally treated, grass-fed and cage-free foods Reducing your exposure to pesticides Save money by knowing the foods you want to eat only if they're organic and the foods that are pesticide-free even when they are nonorganic Protecting your child's health from pesticides An at-a-glance shopper's guide to more than 100 foods |
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