About this title: First published in 1971, DIET FOR A SMALL PLANET was, and remains, a revolutionary book on nutrition and lifestyle. Lappe introduces a rationale for changing the way we eat and provides practical and varied recipes that are healthy alternatives to hamburgers, processed foods, and other standard fare. She advocates a proactive and informed position ...
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780345321206ISBN:0345321200
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Moderate wear on Cover/Interior Pages. (W3) Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 528 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
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"This is one of those life-changing books that opens one's eyes to the world around. Sometimes the world is too big to understand all at once, but one page at a time, in plain language, Frances Moore Lappe shows us how our food system, what we may consider everyday food, is altering the planet and human civilization. She also provides simple solutions -- like the recipes in the book -- that we can all use."
"This book was groundbreaking when it first hit the scene, but much of the wisdom contained herein is stuff I've grown up knowing (probably because both of my parents read this when they were my age). Lappé provides a lot of fascinating statistics about the rate of return from crops being fed to livestock, but I had a hard time staying focused on what she was saying and retaining the information. However, I think the problem was on my end. This is a good book to read in order to have some solid reasons for vegetarianism."
"Read it 26 years ago, and still stuck in my vegetarian phase, apparantly is less wasteful of resources. Apparantly this phase will only last another 50 years or so, but thats OK. Now, despite climate change I can take all the airplane rides I want due to years of vegetarian carbon offsets. Apparantly FML was 30+ years ahead of her time. It only too the complete industrialization of the entire food industry for Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan to update her thesis."
"B- This book was good, though it was dated. It included a lot of great evidence why eating meat is not necessary for human function, including how to react to those who insist it is not necessary. She takes a real strong stance on eating meat=waste of resources b/c of the amount of grain used to feed cows. Some truly valuable info, though I wish I read a more recent version of this book."
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