Let's Eat! Sustainable Food for a Hungry Planet

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Introduction Introduction Do you ever wonder what your groceries would tell you if they could talk When I realized that the bananas avocados and mandarin oranges I loved had traveled across more countries than I ever had I decided to pay closer attention to where my food came from I discovered that every thing you buy whether it’s an apple or a pair of shoes has a story I found out my salmon fillet came from a fish that had never swum in the ocean my orange juice was previously brown and some ingredients in my favorite packaged foods had originated from plants conceived under a microscope This book unlocks the mysterious secret lives of our groceries explores alternative and sometimes bizarre farm technology and tours gardens up high on corporate rooftops to down low in military-style bunkers beneath city streets My son Landon and I picking apples at an orchard in Kelowna British Columbia One of his first foods was applesauce I made with apples from this orchard Now he will happily devour a whole apple in one sitting core and all L AUR A C ARBONNE AU 6