Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

Okay this will be my last book for awhile on the environment and healthy eating! I was interested in how Barbara Kingsolver managed to feed herself and her family on food they grew for a year. While she inspired me to sign up for a CSA and to think much more about what I eat, I don't think I could do what she did to raise all that food, weed the garden, harvest the garden, can it and cook it (much less kill the chickens and turkeys). She and her family clearly took a great deal of pride in what they did but seem almost too consumed in it. While the book is not too preachy and she has a great sense of humor about her turkeys and daughter Lily raising chickens, there were times when her husband's political bits he must share with his college students and her daughter, Camille's musings on eating healthy made me fast forward. In the end, I admire what they accomplished. The point that we eat food trucked from all over the world burning fuel with little regard to eating within our own season is well taken. I like the idea of supporting farmers in our area through buying a CSA share. I will even work on eating organic meat and chicken from the coop. However, I could not resist the blueberries from Chile that were at  Top Foods the other day. They were some of the best I have ever eaten!