Good food, bad waste : let's eat for the planet
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J 363.728 SILVE
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Description
A deep dive into why humans waste so much food and the consequences for people and the planet
Around the world, a billion tons of food gets thrown away every year, even when hundreds of millions of people suffer from hunger. A lot of what we don't eat ends up rotting in landfills which contributes to global warming. The good news is that many governments, communities and individuals are working hard to tackle this giant problem. You can be part of the solution, starting in your own home—and working together, we can decrease our overall waste and make sure all people have food security. Plus, by reducing food waste, we can also fight climate change!
With inspiring profiles of food-waste activists and tasty tidbits on things like best-before dates, Good Food, Bad Waste offers much food for thought. The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
Key Selling Points
- Food waste is a major problem around the world, even while 900 million people are suffering from hunger. Food insecurity affects millions of children, including 1 in 6 kids in Canada and the United States.
- When we throw out food, it contributes to global warming. Up to 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions are related to food waste.
- Most of the waste occurs in our homes, which means there are actionable things that kids can do in their own homes to make an impact.
- The content ties in with curriculum guidelines for middle-grade kids, especially as it relates to the environment, interrelationships between humans and the natural world, our impact on the planet and how kids can affect positive change.
- Issues around food waste are regularly in the news cycle. In 2021, the US House of Representatives released a plan on how to mitigate climate change, which included how to reduce the country’s $161 billion food-waste footprint.
- Features profiles of food-waste activists, such as a sustainable cattle farmer, an urban fruit picker, the CEO of a sustainable waste-management company and even young activists who are working to solve this issue.
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Kirkus Book Review
Some people go hungry while others throw out food: Why is that, and what can we do about it? Reducing landfills, increasing food security, and helping to fight climate change: These big outcomes are promised results of cutting food waste. Silver cites data to establish our wasteful excesses, especially at home, before offering positive, practical plans to reduce them, like planning meals, using leftovers, and eating less meat. After explaining the concept of food justice, Silver offers a brief list of some governments' interventions, providing a small counterweight to the pervasive theme of individuals' responsibility for their own "carbon footprint." The author does acknowledge that sometimes poverty produces involuntary waste because food can't be stored or transported. Profiles of diverse child and adult activists are inspirational. Uses for apps and artificial intelligence are touched on; composting instructions are provided. Among many statistics about home food waste, a few don't match up: Do we waste more produce or more seafood? Kid-size servings of information are portioned out by page or half-page. Bright, cartoonish illustrations and plenty of appetizing color photos showing diverse kids and adults break up the text. The illustrations are amusing and informative: In one image, a stack of burgers represents the scale of U.S. food waste, while Canada's stack is poutine, Belgium's is waffles, and France's is macarons. A thorough, upbeat look at the problem of food waste proposing some individual responses. (glossary, resources, index) (Nonfiction. 8-12) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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Citations
Silver, E., & Ogawa, S. (2023). Good food, bad waste: let's eat for the planet . Orca Book Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Silver, Erin, 1980- and Suharu Ogawa. 2023. Good Food, Bad Waste: Let's Eat for the Planet. [Victoria, British Columbia]: Orca Book Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Silver, Erin, 1980- and Suharu Ogawa. Good Food, Bad Waste: Let's Eat for the Planet [Victoria, British Columbia]: Orca Book Publishers, 2023.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Silver, E. and Ogawa, S. (2023). Good food, bad waste: let's eat for the planet. [Victoria, British Columbia]: Orca Book Publishers.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Silver, Erin, and Suharu Ogawa. Good Food, Bad Waste: Let's Eat for the Planet Orca Book Publishers, 2023.