A Pocket Guide to Sustainable Food Shopping: How to Navigate the Grocery Store, Read Labels, and Help Save the Planet

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Reduce your food and packaging waste and lower your carbon footprint with this modern, practical guide to sustainable grocery shopping.

Almond milk, oat milk, rice milkwhich of the countless nondairy milks available on the market does the least harm to the environment How do you decode the language on an egg carton Is it possible to keep a bundle of fresh asparagus from spoiling so. darn. fast If plastic is so bad, why is it on everything, and what can you do about it

These are just some of the questions A Pocket Guide to Sustainable Food Shopping will help answer. Whether youre someone whos been making changes for years or youre clueless about where to start when it comes to sustainability, this book will teach you how to make a difference.

Cutting back on food waste is one of the most impactful ways you can personally help combat climate change. With extra pages for taking notes and a space to perform your own waste audit at home, this book provides the tools to make better choices about what goes into your grocery cart, and how you ultimately treat those items once theyre in your home.

Youll learn some hard-to-swallow facts about the food industry and gain some actionable tips for making the grocery storeand the worlda more ethical place. Youll become better at reading food labels, getting acquainted with terms you can trust, and recognizing words and phrases to regard with skepticism. Youll gain the confidence to shop in the bulk section, ask your butcher questions about sourcing, and perhaps finally relieve some of the guilt you feel over the mountain of plastic bags accumulating beneath your sink.

If youre ready to make a change, lets get to it.

Author Bio

Kate Bratskeir is a journalist based in New York City, where she lives with her spouse and dog. She writes about food and health and believes in the right to food access and education for all. Her work has appeared in HuffPost, Health, Fast Company, and more.