Rain Forest in Your Kitchen: The Hidden Connection Between Extinction And Your Supermarket

By Martin Teitel and Jeremy Rifkin

The biodiversity crisis -- the extinction of thousands of species of plants and animals -- is not just a faraway problem for scientists to solve. Instead, the crisis is as close as our backyards, our gardens, and our refrigerator shelves. This engaging, practical guide inspires average Americans to wield their consumer power in favor of protecting the world's plant and animal species.

Environmentalist activist Martin Teitel offers compelling evidence that by slightly modifying how we shop, eat, and garden, we can collectively influence the operating decisions of today's corporate agribusiness and help preserve our precious genetic resources. Teitel offers strategies so simple that they require no significant lifestyle change or expense.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Island Press
• Release date: Jun 22, 2012
• ISBN: 9781610913058

Martin Teitel

Martin Teitel, Ph.D., the author of Rain Forest in Your Kitchen, is Executive Director of the Council for Responsible Genetics. He lives in Boston.

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[phoenixterran · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A very informative book for such a slim volume. Teitel's main focus is on the importance of biodiversity. He provides several examples of what people, as selective and informed consumers, can do to help promote biodiversity and environmental health. Teitel also discusses the dangers and potentials of genetically engineered and modified foods.In all, a recommended, informative, and short read.Experiments in Reading