Alex's review
Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappé
Alex's review
rating:
bookshelves: cooking, food-for-thought, greening, non-fiction
status: Read in October, 2007
rating:
bookshelves: cooking, food-for-thought, greening, non-fiction
status: Read in October, 2007
I didn't know what to expect from this book but was pleased by what I got. The two authors (one of which wrote the original Diet for a Small Planet) traveled the world to see what changes had occurred (if any) since the publication of the original book 30 years ago. I have to say it was very interesting reading - micro-finance, landless Brazilians, organic farming in the U.S. and France, fair trade - all was discussed. A side squick for me was hearing how woman are still being treated as... really, worse than dogs... in many places in the world. Very upsetting and unsettling.
Anyway, I recommend. Very interesting and informative if sort of utopian and obsessively positive.
Plus, lots of vegetarian recipes.
Anyway, I recommend. Very interesting and informative if sort of utopian and obsessively positive.
Plus, lots of vegetarian recipes.
