12: Stop global warming from your kitchen

How You Can Save The World: Sustainable Living and Social Activism

From farm to table, how does the food you eat impact the environment? We look what it really means to buy organic and the best ways (if at all) to consume meat.

Links

Food Information

• Michael Pollan’s Netflix series, Cooked
• Jennifer Chait article: “Environmental Benefits of Organic Farming”
• The Guardian: “Want to have a real impact on climate change? Then become a vegetarian”
• The Guardian: “10 ways vegetarianism can help save the planet”
• American Nutrition Association: “Eat Organic and Combat Global Warming”
• The Environmental Working Group: This year’s update of EWG’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce & The Dirty 15
• Good Food on a Tight Budget

Books

• Michael Pollan
• Maria Rodale: Organic Manifesto: How Organic Food Can Heal Our Planet, Feed the World, and Keep Us Safe

Recipes

• Maria Rodale’s Tomato Soup
• Cooking on a Bootstrap
• Pam Anderson: How to Cook Without a Book: Recipes and Techniques Every Cook Should Know by Heart

Lettuce vs. Bacon Controversy

• Think Progress: “No, Lettuce Is Not Worse For The Environment Than Bacon”
• Vegan.com: “Debunking Claims that Lettuce is 3 Times Worse Than Bacon”