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I enjoyed this on the whole, though I can see how some people might get bogged down in some annoying, preachy or elitist points. The idea of small scale farming is actually quite interesting to me, and I am so not a gardener. But just as I love making food for people, I can see also loving growing food. You know that people will actually eat. I am not sure that I really learned anything from this book that I didn’t know, but it was an interesting account of one family who tries to do what they t
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I enjoyed this book much more than I thought I would. I don't know, I guess I expected it to be kind of boring -- it wasn't.
Let's be honest. I'm not going to turn my backyard (in the desert Southwest) into a vegetable garden. But I will be much more conscientious in my shopping habits, looking for local and responsibly-produced food options when available. This book made me want to learn how to make cheese in my own kitchen and can tomatoes during the summer. And it was written in such a way tha ...more
Let's be honest. I'm not going to turn my backyard (in the desert Southwest) into a vegetable garden. But I will be much more conscientious in my shopping habits, looking for local and responsibly-produced food options when available. This book made me want to learn how to make cheese in my own kitchen and can tomatoes during the summer. And it was written in such a way tha ...more
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