Food Tank offers summer reading list

Food Tank has released its summer reading list.

The nonprofit dedicated to alleviating hunger, obesity and poverty via environmentally, socially and economically sustainable means has selected 20 books that discuss creating a fair and sustainable food system.

They are:

• “100 Under $100: One Hundred Tools for Empowering Global Women” by Betsy Teutsch

• “Got Milked” by Alissa Hamilton

• “Growing Tomorrow” by Forrest Pritchard

• “In the Land of Milk and Uncle Honey: Memories from the Farm of My Youth” by Alan Guebert and Mary Grace Foxwell

• “Lentil Underground: Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America” by Liz Carlisle

• “Lesser Beasts: A Snout-to-Tail History of the Humble Pig” by Mark Essig

• “Living the Farm Sanctuary Life: The Ultimate Guide to Eating Mindfully, Living Longer, and Feeling Better Every Day” by Gene Baur with Gene Stone

• “Monet’s Palate Cookbook: The Artist and His Kitchen Garden at Giverny” by Aileen Bordman and Derek Fell

• “Pig Tales: An Omnivore’s Quest for Sustainable Meat” by Barry Estabrook

• “Project Animal Farm: An Accidental Journey into the Secret World of Farming and the Truth About Our Food” by Sonia Faruqi

• “Resilient Agriculture: Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate” by Laura Lengnick

• “The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor” by Mark Schatzker

• “The Food Activist Handbook: Big and Small Things You Can Do to Help Provide Healthy, Fresh Food for Your Community” by Ali Berlow

• “The Food Fighters: DC Central Kitchen’s First Twenty-Five Years on the Front Lines of Hunger and Poverty” by Alexander Justice Moore

• “The Plantpower Way: Whole Food Plant-Based Recipes and Guidance for The Whole Family” by Rich Roll and Julie Piatt

• “The Real Cost of Cheap Food” by Michael Carolan

• “The State of Food and Agriculture: Food Systems for Better Nutrition 2014” by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• “Unprocessed: My City-Dwelling Year of Reclaiming Real Food” by Megan Kimble

• “Woman-Powered Farm: Manual for a Self-Sufficient Lifestyle from Homestead to Field” by Audrey Levatino