Books
America’s Food: What You Don’t Know About What You Eat by Harvey Blatt
Blatt explores the truth about America’s food system from farm to kitchen.
Eating Local: The Cookbook Inspired by America’s Farmers by Janet Fletcher, Sara Remington, and foreword by Alice Waters
A cookbook for those who want to make the most of the local food around them: recipes using foods you can find at farmer’s markets and Community Supported Agriculture.
A Slice of Organic Life by Sheherazade Goldsmith, Foreword by Alice Waters
Goldsmith’s book is a guide to living a healthier life: from growing an organic garden to using safer cleaning products. This book is a good overview of going organic.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp, and Camille Kingsolver
A popular nonfiction narrative detailing the year that Barbara Kingsolver and her family ate only food that sourced no more than an hour from her home.
Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappe
In this classic book from the ‘90s lies a very informative text emphasizing our food’s effect on the environment.
Slow Food Nation: Why our Food Should be Good, Clean, and Fair by Carlo Petrini and foreword by Alice Waters
Solutions to one of America’s greatest problems: the unhealthy food that much of our population is eating daily. The book tells the story of the Slow Food movement in Italy, giving a new perception of gastronomy.
In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
A story of how the food on our tables increasingly isn’t the creation of nature, but of science.
Food Rules by Michael Pollan
A simple guide to making the best decisions about your everyday diet.
The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Pollan describes what is truly at stake if we continue to make the wrong decisions regarding the food we eat- it’s not only our health we may lose, but also the environment we need to survive.
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: Young Readers Edition by Michael Pollan
A more visual and simple version of the original book. With many illustrations, graphs, and charts, it explains how what we eat affects our environment and our health.
Edible: A Celebration of Local Foods by Tracey Ryder and Carole Topalian
Just as the title suggests, this book celebrates local foods and those who promote it. With many inspiring stories and numerous recipes, this is a great book for anyone who wants to learn more about eating locally.
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
Schlosser tells the horrible effects of the many fast-food chains that cover our country and how important it is we stop them.
The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter by Peter Singer and Jim Mason
Singer and Mason talk about the demise of ethical eating, increasing amounts of waste, inhumane treatment of animals, and many other aspects of today’s food.