To buy or not to buy organic : what you need to know to choose the healthiest, safest, most earth-friendly food

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Label

To buy or not to buy organic : what you need to know to choose the healthiest, safest, most earth-friendly food

Title remainder

what you need to know to choose the healthiest, safest, most earth-friendly food

Statement of responsibility

Cindy Burke

Creator

• Burke, Cindy

Subject

• trueConsumer behavior -- United States
• Grocery shopping
• Grocery shopping -- United States
• Natural foods -- Economic aspects
• Consumer behavior
• Natural foods -- Health aspects
• Natural foods -- Health aspects -- United States
• United States
• Natural foods -- Economic aspects -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

Seattle-based food journalist and former professional chef Cindy Burke helps readers make the right food choices as they make their way through their supermarket. Burke's crucially concerned with the use of pesticides, which are widely used to grow fruits and vegetables and which, even in trace amounts, have been linked to many cancers, infertility and birth defects. Among the topics she covers here (always from an extremely real-world perspective) are how to Know the difference between organic and non-organic food; Heal your body and avoid toxins; Find and buy safe food; Choose foods with the least risk to your health; and Pursue strategies to cut exposure to toxic chemicals

Cataloging source

DNAL/DLC

Dewey number

641.5/63

Index

index present

LC call number

TX369

LC item number

.B87 2007

Literary form

non fiction

NAL call number

TX369

NAL item number

.B87 2007

Nature of contents

bibliography