Animal, vegetable, miracle
Subtitle: our year of seasonal eating
By: Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver ; original drawings by Richard A. Houser
Contributors: Hopp, Steven L., 1954-; Kingsolver, Camille, 1987-
Publisher: Faber
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9780571233564; 9780571233557
Subjects: Homes; Food habits; Self-reliant living; Homes and haunts; Natural foods
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-357).
Table of contents: title: Ownership; title: Roots; title: Exposures; title: Transitions; title: Experiments; title: Discoveries; title: Fantasies; title: Ideas; title: Realities; title: Losses; title: Stories; title: Diversions; title: Satisfactions; title: Partnerships; title: Salvages; title: Oppportunities; title: Legacies; title: Americans; title: Ventures; title: Passages; title: Challenges; title: Reflections; title: Stewardship.