Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

from sussabmax

As I have mentioned on my food blog, I am really interested in the environmental impacts of my diet. There are other reasons that I am cutting out meat, but a smaller environmental footprint is a big plus in my book. But the more I look into the environmental issues around food, it is easy to see...

from fyrefly98

Summary: After realizing how divorced the average American is from the source of the food that they eat, how we've become used to purchasing any produce, from anywhere in the world, in any season, and how much gasoline goes into growing, processing, and shipping most of the things we eat, Barbara...

from MarthaJeanne

Reading this as a gardener, and at the end of a 10 day attempt to find real food to eat while travelling in the US (I live in Europe) I really enjoyed it. I must say that I think those who accuse Kingsolver of being preachy are either in denial about the state of US food, or already feel guilty a...

from lauriemk

I had mixed feelings about this book. I love its message and agree with it, but I felt the tone at times became preachy, which turned me off. I would have liked to see more about how to make small changes in my life to eat more locally and support local agriculture. But it is also an inspiring bo...

from mangochris

Barbara Kingsolver, author of The Poisonwood Bible and The Bean Trees, expands her nonfiction repertoire with a memoir about her family's adventures eating locally for a year in Appalachia. Ostensibly it's about what they eat and how, but it's also a thoughtful commentary on the sad state of our ...