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“Locavore” may have been the 2007 New Oxford American Dictionary Word of the Year, but there’s already been a word for those whose diets are restricted to seasonal items grown in their immediate area: That word is “peasant.” ? Brett Martin

Below are some relevant books, worth a read. The link is to ‘GoodReads’ website for more information. We suggest you checkout a local library or independant bookshop to borrow or purchase a copy.  (In no particular order).

There’s definitely no shortage.  More here

 

1. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
2. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
3. Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally by Alisa Smith
4. Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen by Anna Lappe
5. Farewell, My Subaru: An Epic Adventure in Local Living by Doug Fine
6. The Locavore’s Handbook: The Busy Person’s Guide to Eating Local on a Budget by Leda Meredith
7. Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter
8. In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan
9. See You in a Hundred Years: Four Seasons in Forgotten America by Logan Ward
10. What to Eat by Marion Nestle
11. Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard Into a Garden and Your Neighborhood Into a Community by H.C. Flores

 

 

1. Eat Here: Reclaiming Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket by Brian Halweil
2. Fermenting, and Sprouting by R.J. Ruppenthal
3. Mini Farming: Self Sufficiency On 1/4 Acre by Brett L. Markham
4. Grow Great Grub: Organic Food from Small Spaces by Gayla Trail
5. The Town That Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food by Ben Hewitt
6. Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front by Joel Salatin
7. The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a
8. Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America’s Farmers’ Markets by Deborah Madison
9. Delicious Revolution by Alice Waters
10. The Moosewood Restaurant Kitchen Garden: Creative Gardening For The Adventurous Cook by David P. Hirsch
11. World Made by Hand by James Howard Kunstler