Harvest for Hope : A Guide to Mindful Eating

by Goodall, Jane; McAvoy, Gary; Hudson, Gail

• ISBN13: 9780446533621
• ISBN10: 0446533629
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-01
• Publisher: Grand Central Pub

Summary

World-renowned scientist and conservationist Jane Goodall earned her fame by studying chimpanzee feeding habits. But in Harvest for Hope, she scrutinizes human eating behaviors, and the colossal food industries that force-feed some cultures' self-destructive habits for mass consumption. It's an unsustainable lifestyle that Goodall argues must change immediately, beginning--not ironically--at a grassroots level.Looping personal anecdotes from 40 years of global travels with stories from noble farmer Davids and corporate Goliaths, Goodall methodically builds her case for shopping organic and living modestly. Mustering a tender gumption, she details the vicious cycle of pesticide-ridden and genetically engineered crops which feed the unknowing majority of consumers; and also feed the antibiotic-treated animals that provide these folks with inexpensive entrees. Leaving nasty slaughterhouse scenes to less tactful pens, Goodall focuses more on the product of "factory farming" techniques: mountains of waste, nutritionally depleted soil, polluted water, displaced organic farmers, and severely compromised food. Hope springs from positive sources: Edible Schoolyard programs in the U.K. and U.S., parents breaking their schools' "unholy alliance" with fast food chains and soft drink companies, a steady rise in organic purchases. Goodall offers many suggestions for rallying others, exercising one's own consumer powers, and just plain eating less meat. Conservationists might say this information is nothing new, which might explain why Goodall provides only tertiary references to her many statistics and facts. But for those who prefer that their own eating habits be stirred--not shaken--into question, the kindly Chimpanzee Lady provides the gentle touch required. --Liane Thomas

Table of Contents

Introduction	xvii
Animals to Us	1	(13)
Nature's Ingenuity	3	(3)
Tool Use and Hunting	6	(2)
New Light on Human Evolution	8	(3)
Fire---The Origins of Cooking	11	(1)
The Dawn of Human Culture	12	(2)
A Celebration of Cultures	14	(23)
Different Places, Different Foods	17	(4)
Cheers! Salute! Skoal!	21	(2)
Food on the Streets	23	(2)
Fingers, Forks, and Chopsticks	25	(2)
Celebrations and Feasts	27	(3)
Food and Religious Traditions	30	(7)
How We Lost Commonsense Farming	37	(8)
Chemical Life Support	38	(2)
Growing Food with Poisons	40	(2)
Our Chemical Legacy	42	(2)
A Hopeful Awakening	44	(1)
Seeds of Discontent	45	(21)
Caution: Biohazards Ahead	47	(1)
A Letter Comes in the Mail . . .	48	(3)
Lord of the Seeds	51	(3)
Small Farmers Strike Back	54	(3)
They Were Wrong Before	57	(2)
Animals and GMOs	59	(4)
What You Can Do	63	(3)
Animal Factories: Farms of Misery	66	(16)
The Plight of Poultry	69	(2)
Not All Pigs Live Like Babe	71	(3)
Beef: The Hidden Story	74	(2)
Not-So-Contented Cows	76	(1)
Veal: What You've Heard Is True	77	(1)
The Birth of Frankenfoods	78	(1)
Honoring the Ancient Contract	79	(3)
Farming Animals: Hazards to Our Health	82	(15)
They Don't Even Call Them Farms	82	(1)
Disease in the Slaughterhouse	83	(1)
Bacteria	84	(1)
Viruses	85	(1)
Hormones	86	(1)
Antibiotic Resistance	87	(2)
Animal Waste: The Cycle of Pollution	89	(1)
Pig Business Is Big Business	90	(7)
Helping Farm Animals Live Better Lives	97	(20)
Use Your Consumer Power	99	(1)
Hold Restaurants Accountable	100	(1)
Talk to Your Grocer	100	(2)
Read Labels Carefully	102	(1)
Buy Grass-Fed Animal Products	103	(2)
Support the Right Farmers	105	(6)
One Thread at a Time	111	(1)
Help Rescue Animals	112	(5)
Ravaging the Oceans and Seas	117	(18)
The Great Lakes of Africa	119	(2)
Hazards of Fish Farming	121	(3)
Harmful to Humans	124	(3)
Farming the Tiger Prawns	127	(3)
Willing to Take the Risk?	130	(1)
Our Mercurial Oceans	131	(1)
What You Can Do	131	(4)
Becoming a Vegetarian	135	(18)
Consider Our Children	142	(3)
How Eating Meat Impacts the Environment	145	(2)
Feeding Our Appetite for Meat	147	(2)
Irresponsible Use of Water	149	(1)
A Case for Eating Less Meat and Seafood	149	(4)
Global Supermarkets	153	(6)
The Myth of ``Fresh Food''	154	(5)
Taking Back Our Food	159	(16)
Sensible Farming	160	(2)
Deep Organic, Shallow Organic	162	(6)
The Cost of Organic Foods	168	(1)
Can We Really Afford ``Cheap'' Food?	169	(1)
What You Can Do	170	(5)
Protecting Our Family Farmers	175	(16)
Local: The New Organic	176	(8)
Pound, Dollar, Peso, Rupee: Local Is Affordable	184	(1)
Farming in Our Cities	184	(3)
Saving Family Farms	187	(1)
What You Can Do	188	(3)
Eat Local, Eat Seasonal	191	(17)
Protecting Our Heirlooms	193	(1)
As Those Who Came Before	194	(1)
Traditional Foods Are the Healthiest	195	(2)
Slow Food Picks Up the Pace	197	(1)
Changing the World One Hard Hat at a Time	198	(4)
What You Can Do	202	(6)
An Organic Wave Worldwide	208	(10)
Sustaining Hope	209	(2)
Helping Women to Take Care of the Earth	211	(1)
It All Begins and Ends with Soil	212	(2)
Local Food for Local People	214	(1)
What You Can Do	215	(3)
At Home and at School: Feeding Our Children	218	(20)
School Meals	222	(2)
A Delicious Revolution	224	(6)
And Then There's the Big Dream	230	(2)
Feed Me Better: The Naked Chef Goes to School	232	(2)
Appetite for a New Curriculum	234	(2)
What You Can Do	236	(2)
Obesity, Fast Food, and Waste	238	(12)
The Not-So-Missing Link	242	(1)
The Seduction of Happy Meals	242	(2)
Beware of Corn Syrup	244	(2)
Junk Foods, Sugar, and Violence	246	(1)
Waste Not, Want Not	247	(1)
What You Can Do	248	(2)
The Looming Water Crisis	250	(11)
Wasting Water	252	(1)
The Truth About Bottled Water	253	(1)
And About Those Plastic Bottles . . .	253	(1)
When Corporations Own the Water	254	(4)
Will Wars Be Fought Over Water?	258	(1)
What You Can Do	259	(2)
The Story of Nebraska	261	(17)
They Have the Corn	264	(1)
They Have the Factory Farms	264	(2)
They Have the Global Supermarket	266	(2)
And They Have the Water Crisis	268	(3)
Yet Hope Grows in Nebraska	271	(7)
Harvest for Hope	278	(9)
Changing the World: One Purchase, One Meal, One Bite at a Time	283	(2)
Eating to Vote	285	(2)
Resources	287