Book Recommendations, Reviews and Author Interviews from All-Creatures.org
The Blue Plate: A Food Lover's Guide to Climate Chaos By Mark J. Easter
PUBLISHER: Patagonia
SEVERAL
REVIEWS
The Blue Plate: A Food Lover's Guide to Climate Chaos
Available at
Amazon
ISBN-10 : 1952338204
ISBN-13 : 978-1952338205
REVIEWS
"The Blue Plate is the food book of the decade, and it tastes like hope.
With the story-telling chops of Michael Pollen, the ethics of Thoreau, and
the climate expertise of James Hanson, Mark Easter lays it all out: We CAN
feed the world and nourish the earth at the same time. Here is how it can be
done. And here is how you can participate. Authoritative, entertaining, and
useful -- this is the book I have been waiting for."
~ Kathleen Dean Moore, author of Encouragement for Earth’s Weary Lovers
"Tag along with one of the premier scientists studying our food system's
carbon footprint, as he takes us on a fascinating journey to meet the
farmers, ranchers, and composters who are dramatically slashing emissions
and transforming agriculture from a climate problem to a climate solution."
~ liz Carlisle, author of Lentil Underground, Grain by Grain, and Healing
Grounds
"Calling all foodies! Calling all soil and earth-loving readers! The Blue
Plate is a lively look at the carbon footprint of our food -- a journey that
takes us across America and zooms in on our favorite eats. Similar in spirit
to Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore by Elizabeth Rush, this
book directs an honest gaze at what’s going on – and what we can do about
it. Grounded in science, and yet told in story, this book teaches, inspires,
and informs. From peaches to bread to beer to fish, The Blue Plate is indeed
about our planet, our plates, and our future.”
~ Laura Pritchett, winner of
the PEN USA Award, the Colorado Book Award, and author of The Blue Hour,
Stars Go Blue, and Red Lightning.
"In a well-structured mash up of research, analysis, and - above all -
story, Mark Easter has created one of the most compelling books about
climate change in recent memory. Or wait, is it about food? That's the
beauty of the book - it is truly about both, and how our daily choices about
what to put on our plates ties us into a global network of food production
and delivery that has been the largest contributor to global warming, yet
also holds the key to reversing the trend. In they end, they give the
readers the power that only knowledge can instill: how to make the choices
that support a food system that heals both body and planet...how to create
blue plates."
~ Kate Williams, CEO of 1% for the Planet.
"Mark Easter gives us a different way of looking at food and a different way
of looking at climate change. He clearly loves food and has something
important to say about it."
~ Mark Kurlansky, bestselling author of Cod,
Salt, and many other books
"Every bite we take—whether from a peach, a lamb chop, or a chunk of braised
tofu—has an impact on a landscape somewhere in the world. Many thanks to
Mark Easter for his thoughtful and comprehensive appraisal of the methods by
which our food is produced and for this roadmap to align our eating with our
concerns for the planet’s health."
~ Kristin Ohlson, author of Sweet in
Tooth and Claw and The Soil Will Save Us
"Anyone asking “Can we eat ourselves out of the climate crisis?” should
begin with this book. Mark Easter offers not only a beautiful hymn to the
elements, but a wonderful introduction to the difficult demands that science
makes of us when we ask the most difficult questions with deep honesty and
commitment."
~ Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle
for the World Food System
"An entertaining, enlightening, and uplifting guide to the food-climate
connection."
~ David R. Montgomery, co-author of What Your Food Ate and The Hidden Half of
Nature
"The Blue Plate is an excellent primer on where food comes from—with a
reminder that if people are what they eat, they need to be conscientious
about that consumption."
~ Foreword Reviews
“A feast of vivid stories about the future of agriculture — and the future
of us all. Let ecologist Mark Easter fill your plate with hope.”
~ Michelle
Nijhuis, author of Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction
"Author and ecologist Easter takes readers on a worldwide tour of food
production—a tour that shows exactly where ecology meets the dinner plate. .
. . collectively leaving readers with a sense of hope and purpose."
~
Booklist
"Like everything Patagonia does, [this book] is elegant, gorgeous, and
relevant."
~ Lee Woodruff's Book Marks column
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mark J. Easter is an ecologist who has conducted research in academia and
private industry since 1988. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering
from Purdue University in 1982 and a M.S. in Botany from the University of
Vermont in 1991. Easter authored and co-authored more than fifty scientific
papers and reports related to carbon cycling and the carbon footprint of
agriculture, forestry, and other land uses. He contributed analyses to
multiple reports published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC). In 2018 he was named a fellow of the Colorado State University
School of Global Environmental Sustainability. Besides his scientific work,
Easter co-founded the organization Save The Poudre and is a founding board
member of the organization Save the Colorado. He works with these
organizations to help restore rivers to healthy conditions and protect
rivers from water development. He loves to read, cook from his garden, hike
and ski in wild places, and spend time with his wife, Leslie Brown and their
dog, Bonny, where he lives in Fort Collins, CO.
Return to Book Recommendations
Read more at Book Directory