Waubonsee Community College

Food truths from farm to table, 25 surprising ways to shop & eat without guilt, Michele Payn

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages191-200) and index

index present

non fiction

Food truths from farm to table

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Michele Payn

25 surprising ways to shop & eat without guilt

Don't believe everything you're told about food - most of it is highly misleading or completely untrue. Written by a farm and food advocate, this book identifies marketing half-truths and guides you through the aisles of the grocery store to simplify smart food shopping and restore your freedom to enjoy food.--AMAZON

Take guilt off your food list -- pt. 1. Dairy. -- Are happy cows on drugs harming my kids? -- Your milk is not filled with antibiotics -- Animal welfare is 24-hour care -- Are confined spaces cruel? -- Is organic the utopia? -- pt. 2. Eggs. -- Animal care, in context -- Pecking order isn't pretty -- Eggstravaganza or overwhelmed? -- Farmers buy food, too -- pt. 3. Fruits. -- Is your fruit creating an environmental frenzy? -- Where fruits grow, bugs go -- Excuse me, there's a cucumber in my papaya -- Cutting boards and cross-contamination -- Organic produce requires pesticides? -- Water and family : the lifeblood of growing food -- pt. 4. Vegetables. -- Does eating healthy cost more? -- Vegetables make chemicals? -- Freshness is a science -- What's growing in your veggie drawer? -- A love of playing in the soil -- pt. 5. Meats. -- The mayhem of meat. Why isn't farming like Charlotte's Web? -- Are antibiotics awful? -- Is meat messing with your hormones? -- The mass production of education, medication, and food -- Does your burger damage the environment? -- There is no singular "right" way to buy or grow food -- Are you growing bacteria? -- pt. 6. Bread and baking aisle. -- Saving our soil -- Would you like a loaf of guilt with your bread? -- Sugar, salt, and everything evil -- Is your fat better than my fat? -- pt. 7. Cereal aisle. -- Pardon me, you dropped intellectual property in my food -- The demonization of the corn stalk -- Is the environment sacrificed for profitability? -- What is pecksniffery? -- pt. 8. Snacks and convenience foods. -- The reality of convenience -- Balancing choice on the plate and the farm -- Cheap food will cost you more later -- Are they sneaky snacks or are we label illiterate? -- pt. 9. Deli and foodservice. -- Whose hands have been in your food? -- Just because you can't pronounce it doesn't mean it's bad for you -- We're not crossing frogs and corn -- Everything in moderation -- Checkout with truth, not fear or guilt