Environmental Literature

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  Darryl Benjamin

  

  The Writing of “Silent Spring”: Rachel Carson and the Culture-Shifting Courage to Speak Inconvenient Truth to Power

  brainpickings.org - Maria Popova

  “It is, in the deepest sense, a privilege as well as a duty to have the opportunity to speak out — to many thousands of people — on something so …

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  Darryl Benjamin

  Dec 20, 2016
• TO MY FOLLOWERS AND VIEWERS, I thank you for your interest in Farm to Table issues! I want to tell you that I just published a new book, “Farm to Table: The Essential Guide for Students, Professionals, and Consumers.” Your PRE-ORDER is warmly appreciated! (Hardcover available September 2016.) Kindly check it out on Amazon or Barnes & Noble. —Darryl Benjamin
  
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  
  Introduction: Defining Farm to Table
  
  PART ONE: Farm
  Chapter 1: The Environmental Costs of Industrial Agriculture
  Chapter 2: The Human Costs of Industrial Agriculture
  Chapter 3: Beyond Monoculture: Crops
  Chapter 4: Beyond CAFOs: Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Production
  Chapter 5: The Future of Farming
  
  PART TWO: Table
  Chapter 6: Farm to Restaurant
  Chapter 7: Purchasing Within a Farm to Table System
  Chapter 8: Green Restaurant Practices
  Chapter 9: Farm to School: Primary and Secondary School Food Services
  Chapter 10: Farm to Institution: College, Health Care, and Business and Industry Food Service
  Chapter 11: Marketing Farm to Table to the Public and to Your Staff

  

  Darryl Benjamin

  

  Farm to Table: The Essential Guide to Sustainable Food Systems for Students, Professionals, and Consumers

  Darryl Benjamin - $49.95

  With information on purchasing, marketing, and employing farm-to-table principles in restaurants, schools, hospitals, and other institutions Nearly a …

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  Darryl Benjamin

  

  Snacking In Shakespeare's Time: What Theatregoers Ate At The Bard's Plays

  NPR - Anne Bramley

  Editor's note: This week, to mark the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, we will be running a series of stories examining the links between food and the Bard. "Life ... consists of eating and drinking," quips Twelfth Night's over-indulging Sir Andrew Aguecheek. It seems that …

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  Darryl Benjamin

  

  50 Shades Of Shakespeare: How The Bard Used Food As Racy Code

  NPR - Anne Bramley

  Editor's note: This week, to mark the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, we will be running a series of stories examining the links between food and the Bard. Oh, and in case the headline didn't clue you in, this post contains sexually explicit language. The eggplant and peach emoji …

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  Darryl Benjamin

  

  Katie

  Nov 8, 2015