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Eat less water / Florencia Ramirez.

Ramirez, Florencia, (author.).

Summary:

"Experts predict two-thirds of people living on this planet in 2025 will experience water scarcity, a situation expected to result in the deaths of millions and an unprecedented rise in military conflicts. Can we as individuals hope to have any effect on the global scale of water misuse?Yes, we can make a significant difference?with our food choices?learned author and activist Florencia Ramirez as she traveled across the nation to interview farmers and food producers. Tracing Ramirezs tour of American water sustainable farms?from rice paddies in Cajun Louisiana to a Hawaiian coffee farm to a Boston chocolate factory and beyond?Eat Less Water tells the story of water served on our plates: an eye-opening account of the under-appreciated environmental threat of water scarcity, a useful cookbook with water-sustainable recipes accompanying each chapter, and a fascinating personal narrative that will teach the reader how they, too, can eat less water." -- Amazon.com.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781597090391
  • ISBN: 1597090395
  • Physical Description: 227 pages ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: Pasadena, CA : Red Hen Press, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Drop of water -- Food & water -- Wheat & water -- Rice & water -- Produce & water -- Aquaponics & water -- Seafood & water -- Soy, corn, & water -- Eggs & water -- Chicken & water -- Dairy & water -- Meat & water -- Chocolate & water -- Coffee & water -- Wine & water -- Tequila & water -- Beer & water -- Gardens & water -- The solution is in the kitchen.
Subject: Général.
Cooking.
Water conservation.
Water consumption.
Water in agriculture.
Drinking water.
Cooking.
Genre: Cookbooks.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
North Kansas City Public Library 641.5 RAMIREZ 2017 (Text) 0001002214466 Nonfiction Available -


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