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If becoming a greener person is your goal for 2025, one suggestion is to read The Blue Plate: A Food Lover’s Guide to Climate Chaos by Mark Easter. The author is an ecologist focusing on land use and how agriculture impacts the global climate. His book covers how different food groups affect the climate and the well-being of the person eating that food.
Did you know that corn is a crop that requires the most fertilizer? It is also one of the most widely grown crops, therefore adding high levels of chemical runoff into water supplies for all living creatures, including humans. In 400 pages, Easter explains the food chain from deforestation for farming and grazing to crop selection, fertilization, and soil maintenance, to harvesting, shipping, and nutrient/digestion factors.
The Blue Plate: A Food Lover’s Guide to Climate Chaos is currently available in hardcover and has been published by Patagonia Press. A greener, healthier, and more balanced you could be found on the pages of this invaluable book.
