Food Tank has gathered 17 books to educate, inform, and inspire readers while soaking up the sun this summer. Whether it’s tackling challenges like climate change and hunger, or working with the soil (and worms!) to grow healthier food, this list offers something for all kinds of readers. We hope these books will inspire readers to contribute to a better food system, whether it’s growing food in the family’s backyard, educating the next generation on the importance of food, or encouraging sustainability through your own eating habits
Spotlighted books include (in alphabetical order by title):
Big Hunger: The Unholy Alliance between Corporate America and Anti-Hunger Groups by Andy Fisher; Cheddar: A Journey to the Heart of America’s Most Iconic Cheese by Gordon Edgar;
Drawdown edited by Paul Hawken; Flavor: The Science of Our Most Neglected Sense by Bob Holmes; The Forever Garden by Laurel Snyder; Growing A Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life by David Montgomery; Letter to a Young Farmer: How to Live Richly without Wealth on the New Garden Farm by Gene Logsdon; The Permaculture Market Garden: A Visual Guide to a Profitable Whole-Systems Farm Business by Zach Loeks; The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South by John T. Edge; The Power of a Plantby Stephen Ritz; A Really Big Lunch: Meditations on Food and Life from the Roving Gourmand by Jim Harrison; Reducetarian by Brian Kateman; Reinventing the Wheelby Bronwen Percival and Francis Percival; The Secret Life of Your Microbiome(forthcoming) by Susan L. Prescott and Alan C. Logan; Sugar Detox Me by Summer Rayne Oakes; Sustainable Diets: How Ecological Nutrition Can Transform Consumption and the Food System by Pamela Mason and Tim Lang; and Worms at Work: Harnessing the Awesome Power of Worms with Vermiculture and Vermicomposting by Crystal Stevens.
Applications are now open and entries can be submitted on the Sustainability Media Award’s website until May 31, 2017. Winners will be announced at the 2017 BCFN Food Forum.
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