Food Revolution

Here, the man who started the "food revolution" with the million-plus-selling Diet for a New America, boldly posits that, collectively, our personal diet can save ourselves and the world. If, according to chaos theory, the beating of a butterfly's wing can cause a hurricane in another part of the world, try this out for chaotic cause and effect: monarch butterflies are dying in droves due to genetically-engineered corn growing in the Midwest. There is also a direct correlation between the Big Mac in your hand and the mile-wide river now running across the North Pole.

The 31-Day Food Revolution is an eater's guide to liberation from a toxic food world. It presents an action plan for eating food that is healthy, humane, sustainable, and delicious. Follow Ocean's simple and affordable step-by-step actions and discover amazing secrets along the way, including how to stop food cravings, what the best snack foods are, time-saving habits, and what's hiding in your food labels.

Let's get real—If we do not change what we eat and how we produce the food coming to our plates, the planet and our health will suffer. With obesity rates on the rise and healthy food consumption on the decline, we must do something to improve our habits and make them more eco-friendly if we want a rosy future for our children. In this guide, we will look at the impact of food on us and the environment

Our reliance on industrial agriculture has resulted in a food supply riddled with hidden environmental, economic, and health care costs and beset by rising food prices. With only a handful of corporations responsible for the lion’s share of the food on our supermarket shelves, we are incredibly vulnerable to supply chain disruption.

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 higher while threatening to give America its first generation to actually live shorter lives than their parents. Our 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?