Animal, vegetable, miracle : our year of seasonal eating [DIY Book Club]
Kingsolver, Barbara2007
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When Barbara Kingsolver and her family move from suburban Arizona to rural Appalachia, they take on a new challenge: to spend a year on a locally-produced diet, paying close attention to the provenance of all they consume. "Our highest shopping goal was to get our food from so close to home, we'd know the person who grew it. Often that turned out to be ourselves as we learned to produce what we needed, starting with dirt, seeds, and enough knowledge to muddle through. Or starting with baby animals, and enough sense to refrain from naming them." Animal, vegetable, miracle follows the family through the first year of their experiment. They find themselves eager to move away from the typical food scenario of American families: a refrigerator packed with processed, factory-farmed foods transported long distances using nonrenewable fuels. In their search for another way to eat and live, they begin to recover what Kingsolver considers our nation's lost appreciation for farms and the natural processes of food production.
Main title:
Animal, vegetable, miracle : our year of seasonal eating [DIY Book Club] / Barbara Kingsolver ; with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver ; original drawings by Richard A. Houser.
Imprint:
London : Faber and Faber, 2008.
Collation:
370 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Bibliography: p. 364-370.
ISBN:
9780571233571
Dewey class:
641.0973
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
313138
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Library | DIY Book Club | 641.0973 KIN | 12 Copies in the set.Onloan - Due: 22 Jun 2024 |