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Gardeners tend to assume that any organic product is automatically safe for humans and beneficial to the environment—and in most cases this is true. The problem, as Jeff Gillman points out in this fascinating, well-researched book, is that it is not always true, and the exceptions to the rule can pose a significant threat to human health. To cite just one example, animal manures in compost can be a source of harmful E. coli contamination if imporperly treated. Gillman's contention is that all gardening products and practices—organic and synthetic—need to be examined on a case-by-case basis to determine both whether they are safe and whether they accomplish the task for which they are intended. Ultimately, Gillman concludes, organic methods are preferable in most situations that gardeners are likely to encounter. After reading this eye-opening book, you will understand why, and why knowledge is the gardener's most important tool.

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Our health in America is currently being ravaged by an epidemic of obesity. We're now being romanced by the latest fad approach to weight reduction - high protein/low-carbohydrate diets. Sadly, these diets are being promoted by some physicians, health care professionals, and best-selling authors. Americans have been seduced by promises they can eat whatever they want while losing weight. In "The Good News," Dr. Fred Stransky presents a lifestyle program that is different in that you are encouraged to determine your own health outcomes. Along the way, he explains why the high-protein/low carbohydrate diet fad may help you lose weight, but at the expense of your health in the long run.

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A thought-provoking look at how what we eat profoundly affects all living things--and how we can make more ethical food choices Five Principles for Making Conscientious Food Choices1. Transparency: We have the right to know how our food is produced.2. Fairness: Producing food should not impose costs on others.3. Humanity: Inflicting unnecessary suffering on animals is wrong.4. Social Responsibility: Workers are entitled to decent wages and working conditions.5. Needs: Preserving life and health justifies more than other desires.Peter Singer, the groundbreaking ethicist who "may be the most controversial philosopher alive" (The New Yorker), now sets his critical sights on the food we buy and eat: where it comes from, how it's produced, and whether it was raised humanely. Teaming up once again with attorney Jim Mason, his coauthor on the acclaimed Animal Factories, Singer explores the impact our food choices have on humans, animals, and the environment.In The Way We Eat, Singer and Mason examine the eating habits of three American families with very different diets. They track down the sources of each family's food to probe the ethical issues involved in its production and marketing. What kinds of meat are most humane to eat? Is "organic" always better? Wild fish or farmed? Recognizing that not all of us will become vegetarians, Singer and Mason offer ways to make the best food choices. As they point out: "You can be ethical without being fanatical."

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Text discusses two historically contrasting views. The first view comprises the ideas in chemistry and biology that have created the conditions for modern medicine, food production, and the biotechnological revolution. The second is the 'vitalist' position on the rise of modern science and the resulting rejection of modern agriculture by the vitalist movement. DLC: Organic farming.