Harvest for Hope
A Guide to Mindful Eating
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4.6 • 12 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a provocative look into the ways we can positively impact the world by changing our eating habits.
"One of those rare, truly great books that can change the world." —John Robbins, author of The Food Revolution
The renowned scientist who fundamentally changed the way we view primates and our relationship with the animal kingdom now turns her attention to an incredibly important and deeply personal issue—taking a stand for a more sustainable world.
In Harvest for Hope, Jane Goodall sounds a clarion call to Western society, urging us to take a hard look at the food we produce and consume—and showing us how easy it is to create positive change. Offering her hopeful, but stirring vision, Goodall argues that each individual can make a difference. She provides simple strategies each of us can employ to foster a sustainable society.
Brilliant, empowering, and irrepressibly optimistic, Harvest for Hope is a crucial book for our age. If we follow Goodall's sound advice, we just might save ourselves before it's too late.
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Goodall, best known for her decades of work with chimpanzees and baboons, turns to the social significance of the food people eat and of how it reaches our tables. In a style that's both persuasive and Pollyannaish, her guide glides through a quick history of early agriculture, despairs of "death by monoculture" (single-crop farming), warns of the hazards of genetically modified foods and of the disappearance of seed diversity,and bemoans the existence of inhumane animal factories and unclean fish farms the macro concerns of the environmentally conscious. On a more micro level, she focuses on what individuals can do for themselves. In a grab bag of well-intentioned bromides, Goodall counsels her readers to become vegetarians, celebrates restaurants and grocery stores that seek out locally grown produce, frets about the quality of school lunches and the pervasiveness of fast food fueled obesity, honors small farmers and warns of a looming water crisis. Most chapters conclude with "what you can do" sections: demand that modified foods be labeled; turn off the tap while brushing your teeth. This book about making healthy choices breaks no new ground, but its jargon-free and anecdote-rich approach makes it a useful primer for grassroots activists, while the Goodall imprimatur could broaden its reach.
Customer Reviews
Forever grateful
Changed my life forever.