Eat less water
By: Florencia Ramirez
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9781597090391
Subjects: Drinking water; Water conservation; Cooking; Water consumption; Water in agriculture
Description: "Experts predict two-thirds of people living on this planet in 2030 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 Ramirez's 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"--Page [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Drop of water; title: Food & water; title: Wheat & water; title: Rice & water; title: Produce & water; title: Aquaponics & water; title: Seafood & water; title: Soy, corn, & water; title: Eggs & water; title: Chicken & water; title: Dairy & water; title: Meat & water; title: Chocolate & water; title: Coffee & water; title: Wine & water; title: Tequila & water; title: Beer & water; title: Gardens & water; title: The solution is in the kitchen.