![]() ![]() ![]() Time magazine's Lev Grossman named it one of the Top 10 Nonfiction Books of 2007, ranking it at #7. An audio recording of a discussion between Kingsolver and her husband at an hour-long bookstore presentation in Corte Madera, California is also available. ![]() ![]() Ī book excerpt in the May/June 2007 issue of Mother Jones magazine is available online. The book contrasts this with the ecological costs of growing food in factory farms, transporting it thousands of miles, and adding chemical preservatives so it will not spoil. Kingsolver, along with her husband and daughters, start a farm in Virginia where they grow and can different varieties of tomatoes, learn about rooster husbandry, make cheese, and adjust to eating foods only when they are locally in season. The book revolves around the concept of improving the family's diet by eating only foods that her family was able to grow themselves or obtain locally (save for grains and olive oil). Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (2007) is a non-fiction book by Barbara Kingsolver detailing her family's attempt to eat only locally grown food for an entire year. ![]()
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