Rain Forest in Your Kitchen: The Hidden Connection Between Extinction and Your Supermarket

by Martin Teitel

Book Overview

The biodiversity crisis -- the extinction of thousands of species of plants and animals -- is not just a faraway problem for scientists to solve. Instead, the crisis is as close as our backyards, our... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559631538
• ISBN13: 9781559631532
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

The groceries we buy can help or harm our world.

Did you know that biodiversity is a matter that affects the plant and vegetable kingdom? Once there were many different kinds of apples, now it seems there are only a few kinds grown in great numbers for mass consumption. Because consumers demand perfect looking produce, growers are encouraged to use pesticides and other artificial methods to make produce look appealing. This practice is ecologically dangerous. This is an informative and practical book, with suggestions about how the average shopper can turn the tide of the potentially harmful demand for non-diverse, uniformly and artificially appealling produce