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Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food by Chris van Tulleken
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA manifesto to change how you eat and how you think about the human body.It’s not you, it’s the food.We have entered a new age of eating. For the first time in human history, most of our calories come from an entirely novel set of substances called Ultra-Processed Food... -
![Mushrooms Demystified by David Arora]()
Mushrooms Demystified by David Arora
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis is the be-all and end-all of mushroom books! Truly an encyclopedia of mushroom facts and lore, lavishly illustrated with full-color photographs, literally everything you need to know about mushrooms, edible or not. Arora has taught mycology for close to twenty years and has hunted and photographed mushrooms across the North American continent... -
![Prescription for Nutritional Healing: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements by Phyllis A. Balch]()
Prescription for Nutritional Healing: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements by Phyllis A. Balch
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA revised edition of the natural-health bestseller complements the original guide's coverage of the benefits of dietary supplements and herbs with the latest findings about fresh foods, in a resource that reveals how to naturally treat 250 common problems. Original... -
![Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine: The Definitive Home Reference Guide to 550 Key Herbs with all their Uses as Remedies for Common Ailments by Andrew Chevallier]()
Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine: The Definitive Home Reference Guide to 550 Key Herbs with all their Uses as Remedies for Common Ailments by Andrew Chevallier
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn illustrated guide to 550 medicinal plants offers readers the most up-to-date scientific data on these miraculous gifts of nature, as well as information on how to prepare remedies to treat more than sixty common ailments... -
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![Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods by Sandor Ellix Katz, Sally Fallon Morell]()
Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods by Sandor Ellix Katz, Sally Fallon Morell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Book That Started the Fermentation RevolutionSandor Ellix Katz, winner of a James Beard Award andNew York Timesbestselling author, whomMichael Pollan callsthe Johnny Appleseed of Fermentation returns to the iconic book that started it all, but with a fresh perspective, renewed enthusiasm, and expandedwisdomfrom his travels around the world... -
![Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms by Paul Stamets]()
Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms by Paul Stamets
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter years of living in awe of the mysterious fungi known as mushrooms-chefs, health enthusiasts, and home cooks alike can't get enough of these rich, delicate morsels... -
![Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape by Henry Dimbleby, Jemima Lewis]()
Ravenous: How to get ourselves and our planet into shape by Henry Dimbleby, Jemima Lewis
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Brilliant - a must read' Tim SpectorYou may not be aware of this - not consciously, at least - but you do not control what you eat. Every mouthful you take is informed by the subtle tweaking and nudging of a vast, complex, global one so intimately woven into everyday life that you hardly even know it's there.The food system is no longer simply a means of sustenance... -
![The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener by Eliot Coleman]()
The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener by Eliot Coleman
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“Updated for its 30th anniversary edition; [This book] remains as relevant as ever.”― New York Times Book Review Since its original publication in 1989, The New Organic Grower has been one of the most important farming books available, with pioneer Eliot Coleman leading the charge in the organic movement in the United States... -
![The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food by Dan Barber]()
The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food by Dan Barber
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBarber explores the evolution of American food from the 'first plate,' or industrially-produced, meat-heavy dishes, to the 'second plate' of grass-fed meat and organic greens, and says that both of these approaches are ultimately neither sustainable nor healthy... -
![Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine by Robert H. Lustig]()
Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine by Robert H. Lustig
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe New York Times bestselling author of Fat Chance explains the eight pathologies that underlie all chronic disease, documents how processed food has impacted them to ruin our health, economy, and environment over the past 50 years, and proposes an urgent manifesto and strategy to cure both us and the planet.Dr... -
![Epic Tomatoes: How to Select and Grow the Best Varieties of All Time by Craig Lehoullier]()
Epic Tomatoes: How to Select and Grow the Best Varieties of All Time by Craig Lehoullier
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSavor your best tomato harvest ever! Craig LeHoullier, tomato adviser for Seed Savers Exchange, offers everything a tomato enthusiast needs to know about growing more than 200 varieties of tomatoes — from sowing seeds and planting to cultivating and collecting seeds at the end of the season... -
![Country Wisdom & Know-How by M. John Storey]()
Country Wisdom & Know-How by M. John Storey
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReminiscent in both spirit and design of the beloved Whole Earth Catalog, Country Wisdom & Know-How is an unprecedented collection of information on nearly 200 individual topics of country and self-sustained living. Compiled from the information in Storey Publishing's landmark series of "Country Wisdom Bulletins," this book is the most thorough and reliable volume of its kind... -
![Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters by Steven E. Koonin]()
Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters by Steven E. Koonin
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“Surging sea levels are inundating the coasts.”“Hurricanes and tornadoes are becoming fiercer and more frequent.”“Climate change will be an economic disaster.”You’ve heard all this presented as fact. But according to science, all of these statements are profoundly misleading... -
![Proteinaholic: How Our Obsession with Meat Is Killing Us and What We Can Do About It by Garth Davis, Howard Jacobson]()
Proteinaholic: How Our Obsession with Meat Is Killing Us and What We Can Do About It by Garth Davis, Howard Jacobson
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn acclaimed surgeon specializing in weight loss delivers a paradigm-shifting examination of the diet and health industry’s focus on protein, explaining why it is detrimental to our health, and can prevent us from losing weight. Whether you are seeing a doctor, nutritionist, or a trainer, all of them advise to eat more protein. Foods, drinks, and supplements are loaded with extra protein... -
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![The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World by John Robbins, Dean Ornish]()
The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World by John Robbins, Dean Ornish
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe man who started the food revolution with the groundbreaking Diet for a New America now boldly posits that, collectively, our personal diet can save ourselves and the world. Robbins argues for adopting a vegetarian diet for personal wellbeing as well as for the wellbeing of the planet. Photos, charts & tables... -
![The Healing Garden: Cultivating and Handcrafting Herbal Remedies by Juliet Blankespoor]()
The Healing Garden: Cultivating and Handcrafting Herbal Remedies by Juliet Blankespoor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA comprehensive and lushly photographed guide to growing and using healing plants, including recipes, from the founder of the Chestnut School of Herbal MedicineThis is the ultimate reference for anyone looking to bring the beauty and therapeutic properties of plants into their garden, kitchen, and home apothecary... -
![Algues vertes, l'histoire interdite by Inès Léraud, Pierre Van Hove]()
Algues vertes, l'histoire interdite by Inès Léraud, Pierre Van Hove
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPas moins de 3 hommes et 40 animaux ont été retrouvés morts sur les plages bretonnes. L’identité du tueur est un secret de polichinelle : les algues vertes. Un demi-siècle de fabrique du silence raconté dans une enquête fleuve.Des échantillons qui disparaissent dans les laboratoires, des corps enterrés avant d’être autopsiés, des jeux d’influence, des pressions et un silence de plomb... -
![PlantYou: 140+ Ridiculously Easy, Amazingly Delicious Plant-Based Oil-Free Recipes by Carleigh Bodrug, Dr. Will Bulsiewicz MD]()
PlantYou: 140+ Ridiculously Easy, Amazingly Delicious Plant-Based Oil-Free Recipes by Carleigh Bodrug, Dr. Will Bulsiewicz MD
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERPlant-based eating doesn't have to be complicated! The delicious recipes in this easy-to-follow cookbook are guaranteed to keep you inspired and motivated... -
![Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet by Hannah Ritchie]()
Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet by Hannah Ritchie
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings‘Truly essential’ MARGARET ATWOODFeeling anxious, powerless or confused about the future of our planet? This book will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems – and how we can solve them.It’s become common to tell kids that they’re going to die from climate change... -
![Adaptogens: Herbs for Strength, Stamina, and Stress Relief by Steven Maimes, David Winston]()
Adaptogens: Herbs for Strength, Stamina, and Stress Relief by Steven Maimes, David Winston
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe definitive guide to adaptogenic herbs, formerly known as “tonics,” that counter the effects of age and stress on the body• Reveals how adaptogens increase the body’s resistance to adverse influences• Provides a history of the use of these herbal remedies and the actions, properties, preparation, and dosage for each herbWe all deal with stress every day, and every day our bodies strive to... -
![The New Farm: Our Ten Years on the Front Lines of the Good Food Revolution by Brent Preston]()
The New Farm: Our Ten Years on the Front Lines of the Good Food Revolution by Brent Preston
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe inspiring and sometimes hilarious story of a family that quit the rat race and left the city to live out their ideals on an organic farm, and ended up building a model for a new kind of agriculture. When Brent Preston, his wife, Gillian, and their two young children left Toronto ten years ago, they arrived on an empty plot of land with no machinery, no money and not much of a clue... -
![Fermented Vegetables: Creative Recipes for Fermenting 64 Vegetables & Herbs in Krauts, Kimchis, Brined Pickles, Chutneys, Relishes & Pastes by Kirsten K. Shockey, Christopher Shockey]()
Fermented Vegetables: Creative Recipes for Fermenting 64 Vegetables & Herbs in Krauts, Kimchis, Brined Pickles, Chutneys, Relishes & Pastes by Kirsten K. Shockey, Christopher Shockey
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEven beginners can make their own fermented foods! This guide includes in-depth instruction for making kimchi, sauerkraut, and pickles and then offers more than 120 recipes, using the same basic methods, for fermenting 80 different vegetables and herbs... -
![Bringing it to the Table: On Farming and Food by Wendell Berry]()
Bringing it to the Table: On Farming and Food by Wendell Berry
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOnly a farmer could delve so deeply into the origins of food, and only a writer of Wendell Berry’s caliber could convey it with such conviction and eloquence. Long before Whole Foods organic produce was available at your local supermarket, Berry was farming with the purity of food in mind. For the last five decades, Berry has embodied mindful eating through his land practices and his writing...Categorized as:
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![Eating on the Wild Side: The Missing Link to Optimum Health by Jo Robinson]()
Eating on the Wild Side: The Missing Link to Optimum Health by Jo Robinson
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe next stage in the food revolution--a radical way to select fruits and vegetables and reclaim the flavor and nutrients we've lost.Ever since farmers first planted seeds 10,000 years ago, humans have been destroying the nutritional value of their fruits and vegetables... -
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![Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World by Joel Salatin]()
Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World by Joel Salatin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom farmer Joel Salatin's point of view, life in the 21st century just ain't normal. In FOLKS, THIS AIN'T NORMAL, he discusses how far removed we are from the simple, sustainable joy that comes from living close to the land and the people we love. Salatin has many thoughts on what normal is and shares practical and philosophical ideas for changing our lives in small ways that have big impact... -
![All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew]()
All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsDo you know what the best feature is in All New Square Foot Gardening? Sure, there are ten new features in this all-new, updated book. Sure, it's even simpler than it was before. Of course, you don't have to worry about fertilizer or poor soil ever again because you'll be growing above the ground... -
![A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest by William deBuys]()
A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest by William deBuys
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith its soaring azure sky and stark landscapes, the American Southwest is one of the most hauntingly beautiful regions on earth. Yet staggering population growth, combined with the intensifying effects of climate change, is driving the oasis-based society close to the brink of a Dust-Bowl-scale catastrophe... -
![Wartime Farm by Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman]()
Wartime Farm by Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDuring World War Two Britain had to look to the land to provide the produce it had previously shipped in from abroad, meaning huge changes on both the agricultural and domestic scenes... -
![The Complete Mushroom Hunter: An Illustrated Guide to Finding, Harvesting, and Enjoying Wild Mushrooms by Gary Lincoff]()
The Complete Mushroom Hunter: An Illustrated Guide to Finding, Harvesting, and Enjoying Wild Mushrooms by Gary Lincoff
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDo you know your mushrooms? This is the only mushrooming book that will introduce you safely and with confidence to the not-so "underground" hobby of mushroom hunting and gathering.Gathering edible wild food is a wonderful way to forge a connection to the earth... -
![What Is Life? by Lynn Margulis, Dorion Sagan]()
What Is Life? by Lynn Margulis, Dorion Sagan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHalf a century ago, before the discovery of DNA, the Austrian physicist and philosopher Erwin Schrödinger inspired a generation of scientists by rephrasing the fascinating philosophical What is life? Using their expansive understanding of recent science to wonderful effect, acclaimed authors Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan revisit this timeless question in a fast-moving, wide-ranging narrative...
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