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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
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Barbara Kingsolver
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 59,139 ratings
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
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Michael Pollan
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 84,758 ratings
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
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Michael Pollan
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 48,563 ratings
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Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
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Novella Carpenter
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 4,647 ratings
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The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love
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Kristin Kimball
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 5,864 ratings
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Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally
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Alisa Smith
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 2,588 ratings
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Real Food: What to Eat and Why
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Nina Planck
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 2,483 ratings
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Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating
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Jane Goodall
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1,089 ratings
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Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World
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Joel Salatin
4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 766 ratings
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Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
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Michael Pollan
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 18,690 ratings
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The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden
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William Alexander
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 1,971 ratings
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Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese
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Brad Kessler
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 727 ratings
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Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook That Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats
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Sally Fallon
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 4,232 ratings
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Farewell, My Subaru: An Epic Adventure in Local Living
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Doug Fine
3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 1,131 ratings
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Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
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Novella Carpenter
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 4,647 ratings
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Renewing America's Food Traditions: Saving and Savoring the Continent's Most Endangered Foods
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Gary Paul Nabhan (Editor)
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America's Farmers' Markets
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Deborah Madison
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 921 ratings
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SPOON: Soup, Stew & Chowder Recipes (Spring)
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Dana Hay (Goodreads Author)
4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table
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Tracie McMillan (Goodreads Author)
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 1,395 ratings
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Coming Home to Eat: The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods
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Gary Paul Nabhan
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 368 ratings
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It's a Long Road to a Tomato: Tales of an Organic Farmer Who Quit the Big City for the (Not So) Simple Life
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Keith Stewart
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 179 ratings
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Full Moon Feast: Food and the Hunger for Connection
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Jessica Prentice
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 227 ratings
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Heirloom: Notes from an Accidental Tomato Farmer
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Tim Stark
3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 270 ratings
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The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir
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Josh Kilmer-Purcell (Goodreads Author)
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 2,674 ratings
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Eat Local: Simple Steps to Enjoy Real, Healthy & Affordable Food
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Jasia Steinmetz
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Fields of Plenty: A Farmer's Journey in Search of Real Food and the People Who Grow It
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Michael Ableman (Photographs)
4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 94 ratings
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A History of the World in 6 Glasses
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Tom Standage
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 4,847 ratings
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Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen
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Anna Lappe
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 331 ratings
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Eat Here: Reclaiming Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket
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Brian Halweil
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 81 ratings
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Bringing it to the Table: Writings on Farming and Food
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Wendell Berry
4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 511 ratings
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Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly
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James E. McWilliams
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 277 ratings
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Blithe Tomato
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Mike Madison
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 66 ratings
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Bringing The Food Economy Home: Local Alternatives To Global Agribusiness
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Helena Norberg-Hodge
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Divine Nourishment: A Woman's Sacred Journey with Food
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Mary Lane
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Accidental Farmers: An urban couple, a rural calling and a dream of farming in harmony with Nature
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Tim Young (Goodreads Author)
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 95 ratings
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Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works
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Atina Diffley (Goodreads Author)
4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 130 ratings
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The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities
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Will Allen
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 252 ratings
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SPOON: Soup, Stew & Chowder Recipes (Autumn)
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Dana Hay (Goodreads Author)
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Art of Fermentation: An in-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from Around the World
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Sandor Ellix Katz
4.51 of 5 stars 4.51 avg rating — 269 ratings
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An Edible History of Humanity
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Tom Standage
3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 799 ratings
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The Town That Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food
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Ben Hewitt
3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 422 ratings
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Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet
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Frances Moore Lappé
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 383 ratings
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Edible: A Celebration of Local Foods
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T. Ryder
3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Seasonal Fruit Desserts: From Orchard, Farm, and Market
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Deborah Madison
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 82 ratings
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Cheesemonger
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Gordon Edgar (Goodreads Author)
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 239 ratings
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Cook Food: A Manualfesto for Easy, Healthy, Local Eating
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Lisa Jervis (Goodreads Author)
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 76 ratings
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The Locavore Way: Discover and Enjoy the Pleasures of Locally Grown Food
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Amy Cotler
3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 68 ratings
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Locavore: From Farmers Fields To Rooftop Gardens How Canadians Are Changing The Way We Eat
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Sarah Elton
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 89 ratings
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The Locavore's Dilemma: In Praise of the 10,000-mile Diet
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Pierre Desrochers
3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 69 ratings
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The Feast Nearby: How I lost my job, buried a marriage, and found my way by keeping chickens, foraging, preserving, bartering, and eating locally (all on $40 a week)
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Robin Mather
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 554 ratings
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