Food Systems

Food. There's plenty of it around, and we all love to eat it. So why should anyone need to defend it? Because in the so-called Western diet, food has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusion—most of what we’re consuming today is longer the product of nature but of food science. The result is what Michael Pollan calls the American Paradox: The more we worry about nutrition, the less healthy we see to become.

In a world where hunger persists amid abundance and climate change threatens our very existence, Shannon Dobbs presents a groundbreaking solution to our broken food system. This isn't just another book about the problem—it's a comprehensive guide to fixing it. Dobbs, an Army veteran turned food system innovator, unveils the revolutionary Nexus and Nodes model. This scalable approach bridges the gap between food waste and food insecurity, turning challenges into opportunities for community empowerment and environmental healing.

🌱 Easiest, Fastest, Cheapest, BEST, (ONLY!) way to Grow Food - Without Soil, Plowing, Weeding, "Watering", Pumps, or Power—Absolutely ANYWHERE! LIKE MAGIC!! Want fresh greens, herbs, & veggies in just days—even if it's your first time growing anything!? This beginner-friendly guide shows you how to use the simplified, multi-hacked Kratky STATIC Method—a no-tech, no-electricity, no-soil (no SOIL diseases, weeding, fertilizing or pests!!) system that works in pool noodles & recycled jars, jugs, bins, containers, buckets & food-grade mylar bags. FULL of BONUSES, CHARTS, TIPS, STORIES ...

In The Sugar Brain Fix, Dr. Dow takes a closer look at how sugar effects brain chemistry and the ways we can fix it. The audio features cutting-edge research and Dr. Dow's modified Mediterranean diet - the best diet for brain health and wellness. The Sugar Brain Fix will also incorporate research about hypnosis, and other activities to naturally boost brain health. At its core, The Sugar Brain Fix is a cognitive behavioral guide for boosting serotonin and dopamine levels in the brain with a new-and-improved diet and natural mind-set shifts, while improving overall health.

Learn a road map to healthy soil and revitalized food systems for powerfully addressing these times of challenge. This audiobook equips producers with knowledge, skills, and insights to regenerate ecosystem health and grow farm/ranch profits. Globally recognized soil advocate and agroecologist Nicole Masters delivers the solution to rewind the clock on this increasingly critical soil crisis in her first book For the Love of Soil. She argues we can no longer treat soil like dirt.

Do you struggle with an upset stomach? Are you spending more time in the restroom than you’d like? You’re not alone. Gut health issues are a common concern, affecting millions of people worldwide. If you're one of them, know that there are solutions and a community of individuals who understand what you're going through. The secrets to a healthier gut are within your reach, waiting to transform your life. Learn about gut health secrets and unlock the power of your second brain for total wellness. In this book, you'll discover about your gut and brain regulations. Your gut is more than ...

Michael Grunwald, bestselling author of The Swamp and The New New Deal, builds his narrative around a brilliant, relentless, unforgettable food and land expert named Tim Searchinger. He chronicles Searchinger’s uphill battles against bad science and bad politics, both driven by the overwhelming influence of agricultural interests. And he illuminates a path that could save our planetary home for ourselves and future generations—through better policy, technology, and behavior, as well as a new land ethic recognizing that every acre matters.

From the renowned Authors, Ms. Baird and Ms. Singh of the series Active, Alert, and Alive, comes Immune System Plus! Being distributed nationwide, this essential read is bursting with information on nutritional whole foods, superfoods, and powerful supplements to boost your immune system from head to toe, A-Z. This masterpiece highlights homeopathic remedies, herbal remedies, alternative therapies, well-known Chinese medicines, and highly acclaimed Ayurvedic medicine.

Can we afford to stand by as our planet collapses? In the past 50 years, humanity has wiped out 70% of the world’s wild animals. Our oceans are being emptied, wildlife habitats destroyed, and ecosystems pushed to the brink, all to satisfy an insatiable hunger for meat and animal products. In The Ego System: The Awakening, award-winning journalist René Zografos reveals the devastating consequences of the meat industry on the environment, animal welfare, and our health. With eye-opening insights into factory farming, wildlife crimes, and political inaction, this book challenges us to ...

Conquer the ServSafe Manager Exam: Comprehensive Study Guide for the Certified Food Protection Manager (CFPM) Certification is part of the Conquer the Exam series—concise, focused guides for professionals preparing for vocational and certification exams. This unofficial guide is tailored to help aspiring Food Protection Managers master the most critical principles of food safety, sanitation, and regulatory compliance. While not a full-length textbook or complete practice test bank, this book highlights the essential concepts and common pitfalls that candidates must understand to succeed. ...

Permaculture makes the most use of what nature provides for us by using specific design strategies to maximize nature’s gifts, such as food, energy, and shelter. A counter to heavy industrial farming, permaculture is all about conscious planning that caters to the human needs while also respecting and healing the natural environment. At its core, it involves drawing inspiration from nature to build an ecosystem that thrives just like any other. If you want to start practicing permaculture and reap all its benefits, then you need to listen to this audiobook today!

One of the few voices to challenge The Guardian's George Monbiot on the future of food and farming (and the restoration of nature) is academic, farmer and author of A Small Farm Future Chris Smaje. In Saying NO to a Farm-Free Future, Smaje presents his defense of small-scale farming and a robust critique of Monbiot’s vision for an urban and industrialized future.

In Formerly Known as Food, Kristin Lawless argues that, because of the degradation of our diet, our bodies are literally changing from the inside out. The billion-dollar food industry is reshaping our food preferences, altering our brains, changing the composition of our microbiota, and even affecting the expression of our genes. Lawless chronicles how this is happening and what it means for our bodies, health, and survival. An independent journalist and nutrition expert, Lawless is emerging as the voice of a new generation of food thinkers.

Food safety is paramount for food processors today. Without it, unsafe food reaches consumers and illness and death can result. This book focuses on regulations and programs imposed by government and processing authorities in order to make food safe. Quality assurance ensures that products produced meet quality and consistency standards so customers will be satisfied. This book focuses on quality assurance in manufacturing by describing the topic, discussing its implementation, highlighting its advantages and challenges, suggesting methods for its improvement, and envisioning its future.

Have you been told to "just live with" your heart palpitations? Are you tired of living in fear of the next episode? What if the very foods you've been told are "heart-healthy" might actually be triggering your symptoms? After years of debilitating heart palpitations and anxiety that left me afraid to climb stairs or sleep on my left side, I discovered an approach that finally freed me from this nightmare—and it flew in the face of everything conventional medicine had told me. This raw, unfiltered account chronicles my shocking discovery that certain dietary approaches—specifically ...

The previous edition of this now-classic book revealed the existence and subversive manipulations of "economic hit men". John Perkins wrote that economic hit men (EHM) "are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Their tools include fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder".

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From the citrus groves of Sicily to a taco in Mexico City, In Search of the Perfect Peach takes you on a journey in the pursuit of flavor, with Franco revealing at every step how this incredibly simple desire can lead to radical change. Throughout, he offers us a deeply optimistic vision of how we as consumers can follow flavor to fix the food system and bring joy to our every meal.

This book really is for the absolute beginner. We'll cover all the basics in a motivating, easy-to-digest way, and allow nature to do the heavy lifting. We'll discover your green thumb that's been there all along. We'll take good care of our fellow human and our planet. And we'll have a lot of fun doing it! Friend, you really can live the dream, and make it your reality. It all starts with one step.

Balance and heal your mind, body, and soul by tapping into the connections between your chakras and your diet. Chakras, Food, and You is a revolutionary approach that customizes health assessments based on the chakras - the ancient system that modern-day yogis exalt and the ancients across all cultures and periods embraced as the secret to enlightenment.