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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.0973
EAN: 9780060852566
ISBN: 0060852569
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: May 01, 2008
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date: April 29, 2008
Sales Rank: 103
Studio: Harper Perennial
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Product Description:
Author Barbara Kingsolver and her family abandoned the industrial-food pipeline to live a rural life—vowing that, for one year, theyd only buy food raised in their own neighborhood, grow it themselves, or learn to live without it. Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is an enthralling narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat.
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Rating:  - So Sad I Bought This Book
I should have read reviews of this book before buying it.I've been a member of a local, organic, community supported farm for 2 summers BEFORE I read this book.The first couple of chapters were very hard to get through, and I kept thinking, OK she's going to get into the specifics soon... But they never came.I assumed that she'd be writing to an audience that already knew of the importance of eating locally, and was going to give good advice on how to apply it practically for a whole year. ... Read More
Rating:  - Inspiring!
I found this story fascinating and inspiring! I originally listened to this book as a download but had to buy a hard copy to loan out because I keep recommending it. If you are interested in learning more about the local food movement, sustainable farming/gardening, seasonal eating, etc... this book is for you. I have always been a city girl but six months after I read this book I was blessed with theopportunity to move to a nearby organic family farm and I love it!
Reading this book also ... Read More
Rating:  - Good message.Writing style gets in the way.
I love the message of this book but found the stream of consciousness writing style was a bit distracting.It was hard with all the side tracks to read this for more then short sessions although I was really pulling for the turkeys at the end.Barbara was also a bit heavy handed in her promotion of her friends who so happen to be offering this book on their web sites.I would have loved to found the reference for the source of the statement that is take 1.2 acres to grow food for one person today ... Read More
Rating: - Eat me!
Barbara Kingsolver's lyric prose is so fun to read, and it's good foryou too!It's heartening to see the locavore movement get such attention on a national scale. Maybe American food culture isn't doomed after all. The inserts from her family are entertaining, but sometimes awkwardly placed. I can't wait to lend this out to my friends.
Rating: - Good annecdotes, light on facts
I enjoyed reading this book as a story about a family and how they chose to eat for a year. It certainly inspired me to cook more often, and to head to the farmer's market up the street a little more often. The sections I didn't like were those by Kingsolver and her husband broached bigger societal issues like subsidies for big agriculture companies, problems with feed lot animals, etc. These are all very real problems, but I wish the book had given more details, some statistics, references and footnotes ... Read More
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