Tim Ryan

The Real Food Revolution (eBook, ePUB)

Healthy Eating, Green Groceries, and the Return of the American Family

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Today a buck gets you a quick burger (or two), but what's the real cost of that meal? The rates of chronic disease—specifically diseases like diabetes, caused by our lifestyles—have grown exponentially in recent years, edging medical expenses ever higher while threatening to give America its first generation to actually live shorter lives than their parents. Unfortunately finding good nutrition is no walk in the park, with more and more Americans living in cities, far from a farmer's field. To overcome distance and undercut price, we rely on industry to put dinner on the table— yet this system has valued efficiency and short-term profits over our own health and the health of our environment. So how do we keep America thriving? Congressman Tim Ryan may have a soft spot for chicken wings and ice cream, but he also knows the joy of farm-fresh produce and the feel of soil between his fingers. Here he presents easy, actionable steps that anyone can take, from starting an herb garden on your windowsill to helping implement food education in your child's school to petitioning your elected officials. Ryan also introduces some of the current food revolutionaries, who are shining examples of people who saw a problem with how we think about food today, rolled up their sleeves, and raised a crop of positive change. The commonsense ideas in these pages come big (replacing dilapidated neighborhoods with farms) and small (sitting down for a fresh, healthy meal with your family), and each will help you improve the quality of life for you and future generations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hay House
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781401946890
• Artikelnr.: 41502949

Autorenporträt

Tim Ryan was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002, at the age of 29, and is currently serving in his sixth term representing Ohio's 13th congressional district. He is strongly committed to working for the economic and social well-being of his constituents in Northeast Ohio. He serves as a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, the committee that funds all federal departments and programs. He also serves as a member of the House Budget Committee; is cochairman of the Congressional Manufacturing Caucus; the House Caucus on Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery; and the Military Mental Health Caucus. Ryan has been an outspoken advocate for changing the way our food system works and for promoting real food. He received the National Farmers Union Golden Triangle Award, the organization's highest legislative honor, in 2006, 2008, 2011, and 2012. Before being elected to Congress, Ryan served in the Ohio State Senate. He currently lives in Northeast Ohio with his wife, Andrea, and their three children and two dogs.