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    Going Organic: A Healthy Guide to Making the Switch
    Going Organic: A Healthy Guide to Making the Switch
    Going Organic: A Healthy Guide to Making the Switch
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    Going Organic: A Healthy Guide to Making the Switch

    By Dana Meachen Rau

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    Organic food is good for you and for the planet. But if you're thinking of revolutionizing your diet, you need to get the facts first. Learn about the benefits and challenges of an all natural, chemical free diet. Helpful tips, delicious organic recipes, and how to make the switch so much easier. Want to change the world? Now you can, one plate at a time.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateJul 1, 2014
    ISBN9780756550844
    Going Organic: A Healthy Guide to Making the Switch
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    Dana Meachen Rau

    Dana Meachen Rau is an author, editor, and illustrator of children’s books. She has written more than 100 books for children, many of them nonfiction in subjects including astronomy, history, and geography, as well as numerous biographies. She lives in Burlington, Connecticut, with her husband and two children.

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      Book preview

      Going Organic - Dana Meachen Rau

      CONTENTS

      1 Power of Your Plate

      2 Why Organic?

      3 Body Basics

      4 Shopping Strategies

      5 Straight from the Source

      Metric Conversions

      Glossary

      Read More

      Internet Sites

      Index

      CHAPTER ONE

      POWER OF

      YOUR PLATE

      WOULD YOU LIKE CEREAL OR EGGS FOR BREAKFAST?

      How about soup or a sandwich for lunch? Dinner could be pasta with sauce or beans with rice. Our fridges and cabinets are stocked with a world of food choices.

      Have you ever really thought about where all that food comes from? You might say from a store. But food starts in ranches and farm fields. Some foods are even created in laboratories.

      The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 10,000 to 20,000 physician-diagnosed pesticide poisonings occur each year among the approximately 3.38 million agricultural workers in the United States.

      Even the most carefully applied pesticides can be dangerous.

      The world population is 7 billion. The United States alone is home to about 300 million of those people. Feeding everyone isn’t easy. The food industry is a massive collection of farmers, ranchers, and manufacturers. Food often passes through many hands and machines before it makes its way to your grocery store and then to your plate.

      Health-conscious people are concerned that some of our food has lost its natural qualities through this process. Plants and animals are sometimes given artificial substances to help them grow. Crops are sprayed with pesticides to keep away insects and weeds. Foods are enhanced with additives, fillers, and dyes.

      So what’s the problem? The chemicals used in the process of growing, raising, and processing foods make their way into our land, water, and air. And they make their way into you when you eat them. A growing number of farms, companies, and people like you have chosen to go organic.

      You have the power to make a healthier world with every bite.

      Americans Eat a Lot!

      In one year, the average American ate:

      DAIRY PRODUCTS

      600.5 pounds

      VEGETABLES

      392.7 pounds

      FRUIT

      250.9 pounds

      FLOUR & CEREAL PRODUCTS

      196.5 pounds

      RED MEAT

      108.3 pounds

      POULTRY

      72.6 pounds

      FISH AND SHELLFISH

      16.0 pounds

      EGGS

      247 eggs

      NURTURE NATURE

      Luke has a lot going on. He fills his days with high school, homework, cross-country practice, a part-time job, and keeping up with friends. He also tends to his chickens.

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