Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

Barbara Kingsolver and her family move to a farm in Virginia and attempt to eat local foods, mostly foods they have grown themselves. The chapters are a month by month account of the family's struggle. Here and there, Kingsolver, with help from her daughter and husband, toss in scary stories of the food we put into our mouths every day. But the family also shows what a great experience it can be for a family to work together to grow, preserve, and cook their own food.



I finished the book and called my dad. He promised to come till up my
garden for the fall. I also e-mailed all my gardening friends with
the url for Seed Savers Exchange. And I decided to visit the local
farmers' market before school starts. One convert for Kingsolver.