Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Name: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
ISBN: 9780060852559

by Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp, Lily Hopp Kingsolver · first published 2007

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Bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver returns with her first nonfiction narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat."As the U.S. population made an unprecedented mad dash for the Sun Belt, one carload of us paddled against the tide, heading for the Promised Land where water falls from the sky and green stuff grows all around. We were about to begin the adventure of realigning our lives with our food chain."Naturally, our first stop was to buy junk food and fossil fuel. . . ."Hang on for the ride: With characteristic poetry and pluck, Barbara K

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sixstringtheory · Mar 20, 2022 · Recommends

So many great books I’ve enjoyed are mentioned here. And it’s hard to pick just one that’s changed my life, many have. But in the interest of variety in this thread, I’ll throw out Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. It inspired me to go deeper in my beloved cooking practice towards growing food and hunting, and through all that I’ve found much gratitude for and understanding of life and what…
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sixstringtheory · Mar 27, 2017 · Recommends

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. Documents a year of her and her family living in Appalachia, totally self-sustaining. Changed the way I think about consumerism and industrialization.
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wolffnc3 · Aug 23, 2012 · Recommends

…transportation, to prepared foods that don't get purchased at the store. My friend wrote a great book about this last year: http://www.americanwastelandbook.com/ Since reading this book and Barbara Kingsolvers "Animal Vegetable Miracle" my family gets our food almost exclusively from the farmers market or directly from a farm via a farmshare.
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