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9780143126140 English 0143126148 An exploration of our relationship with food and eating locally--from the bestselling author of Your Money or Your Life Taking the local food movement to heart, Vicki Robin pledged for one month to eat only food sourced within a ten-mile radius of her home on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound, Washington. Like Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and the bestselling books of Michael Pollan, Blessing the Hands That Feed Us is part personal narrative and part global manifesto. Robin's challenge for a sustainable diet not only brings to light society's unhealthy dependence on mass-produced, prepackaged foods but also helps her reconnect with her body, her community, and her environment. Featuring recipes throughout, along with practical tips on adopting your own locally-sourced diet, this is a candid, humorous, and inspirational guide to the locavore movement and a healthy food future., An exploration of our relationship with food and eating locallyfrom the bestselling author of Your Money or Your Life Taking the local food movement to heart, Vicki Robin pledged for one month to eat only food sourced within a ten-mile radius of her home on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound, Washington. Like Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and the bestselling books of Michael Pollan, Blessing the Hands That Feed Us is part personal narrative and part global manifesto. Robin's challenge for a sustainable diet not only brings to light society's unhealthy dependence on mass-produced, prepackaged foods but also helps her reconnect with her body, her community, and her environment. Featuring recipes throughout, along with practical tips on adopting your own locally-sourced diet, this is a candid, humorous, and inspirational guide to the locavore movement and a healthy food future., Taking the local food movement to heart, Vicki Robin pledged for one month to eat only food sourced within a ten-mile radius of her home on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound, Washington. Although a staunch believer in local food it wasn't till she moved to Whidbey Island and realised that, although the island had abdundent natural resources, most of the food was transported over from the mainland, that Robin decided to take action. When a local farmer got in touch, the two devised a plan so Robin would source her food from within a 10 mile radius., Taking the locavore movement to heart, bestselling author and social innovator Vicki Robin pledged for one month to eat only food sourced within a 10-mile radius of her home on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound, Washington. Her sustainable diet not only brings to light society''s unhealthy dependency on mass-produced, prepackaged foods but also helps her reconnect with her body and her environment.Like Barbara Kingsolver''s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and the bestselling books of Michael Pollan, Blessing the Hands That Feed Us is part personal narrative and part global manifesto. By challenging herself to eat and buy local, Robin exposes the cause and effect of the food business, from the processed goods laden with sugar, fat, and preservatives to the trucks burning through fuel to bring them to a shelf near you.Robin''s journey is also one of community as she befriends all the neighboring farmers who epitomize the sustainable lifestyle. Among them are Tricia, the prolific market gardener who issued Robin''s 10-mile challen≥ Britt and Eric, twoyoung, enthusiastic farmers living their dream of self-sufficiency; and Vicky, a former corporate executive turned milk producer.Featuring recipes throughout, along with practical tips on adopting your own locally sourced diet, Blessing the Hands That Feed Us is an inspirational guide and testimonial to the locavore movement and a healthy food future.''[A] call-to-action plan to buy local and live healthier and more responsibly.'' Kirkus Reviews ''[Vicki Robin] realizes that ''local'' is as much a state of mind as a geographical location.'' Publishers Weekly''[Blessing the Hands That Feed Us is] about discovering, with gusto, the other end of the industrial food scale and how eating closer to home can affect global issues of hunger, justice, and nutrition. This enjoyable and enlightening book includes practical tips for adopting a locally sourced diet, recipes, and stories about individuals who epitomize a sustainable lifestyle.'' Taste for Life magazine ''Vicki Robin has helped millions of Americans reshape their lives in sound and beautiful ways, but this may be her most important project yet--and a crucial one for our tired planet too!'' Bill McKibben, author Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist''Vicki Robin is a national treasure--a source of wisdom and uncommon sense now directed at the most basic of basics: how and what we eat and how that connects to our health, prosperity, and prospects . . . The ten-mile diet should be national policy!'' David Orr, Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics at Oberlin''Vicki Robin''s Blessing the Hands that Feed Us is part how-to manual for eating ''hyperlocal'' in an era where we can eat whatever we want at any time of day and part homage to the farmers around the globe who grow our food. I''m inspired not only by Robin''s commitment to her own diet, but also her ability to tell the story meal-by-meal and farmer-by-farmer about why we should all be looking more closely at our own diets. Without preaching, Robin shows readers the nutritional, health, environmental, and social benefits of knowing exactly where our food comes from.'' Danielle Nierenberg, Co-Founder of Food Tank: The Food Think Tank''Whether you''re a vegan, vegetarian or eat some meat, this book can show you how and why to include ''local'' on your list of important food values. Discovering the food of your bioregion, meeting your local farmers, sharing meals with friends, building community through food--all of this is part of personal and planetary health.'' John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America and co-founder of The Food Revolution Network''Vicki Robin is like a Mohandas Gandhi of the 21st Century, modeling a self-reliant lifestyle that can end the violence our industrial food system exacts again our health, our communities, our ecosystems, and our relationships.
9780143126140 English 0143126148 An exploration of our relationship with food and eating locally--from the bestselling author of Your Money or Your Life Taking the local food movement to heart, Vicki Robin pledged for one month to eat only food sourced within a ten-mile radius of her home on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound, Washington. Like Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and the bestselling books of Michael Pollan, Blessing the Hands That Feed Us is part personal narrative and part global manifesto. Robin's challenge for a sustainable diet not only brings to light society's unhealthy dependence on mass-produced, prepackaged foods but also helps her reconnect with her body, her community, and her environment. Featuring recipes throughout, along with practical tips on adopting your own locally-sourced diet, this is a candid, humorous, and inspirational guide to the locavore movement and a healthy food future., An exploration of our relationship with food and eating locallyfrom the bestselling author of Your Money or Your Life Taking the local food movement to heart, Vicki Robin pledged for one month to eat only food sourced within a ten-mile radius of her home on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound, Washington. Like Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and the bestselling books of Michael Pollan, Blessing the Hands That Feed Us is part personal narrative and part global manifesto. Robin's challenge for a sustainable diet not only brings to light society's unhealthy dependence on mass-produced, prepackaged foods but also helps her reconnect with her body, her community, and her environment. Featuring recipes throughout, along with practical tips on adopting your own locally-sourced diet, this is a candid, humorous, and inspirational guide to the locavore movement and a healthy food future., Taking the local food movement to heart, Vicki Robin pledged for one month to eat only food sourced within a ten-mile radius of her home on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound, Washington. Although a staunch believer in local food it wasn't till she moved to Whidbey Island and realised that, although the island had abdundent natural resources, most of the food was transported over from the mainland, that Robin decided to take action. When a local farmer got in touch, the two devised a plan so Robin would source her food from within a 10 mile radius., Taking the locavore movement to heart, bestselling author and social innovator Vicki Robin pledged for one month to eat only food sourced within a 10-mile radius of her home on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound, Washington. Her sustainable diet not only brings to light society''s unhealthy dependency on mass-produced, prepackaged foods but also helps her reconnect with her body and her environment.Like Barbara Kingsolver''s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and the bestselling books of Michael Pollan, Blessing the Hands That Feed Us is part personal narrative and part global manifesto. By challenging herself to eat and buy local, Robin exposes the cause and effect of the food business, from the processed goods laden with sugar, fat, and preservatives to the trucks burning through fuel to bring them to a shelf near you.Robin''s journey is also one of community as she befriends all the neighboring farmers who epitomize the sustainable lifestyle. Among them are Tricia, the prolific market gardener who issued Robin''s 10-mile challen≥ Britt and Eric, twoyoung, enthusiastic farmers living their dream of self-sufficiency; and Vicky, a former corporate executive turned milk producer.Featuring recipes throughout, along with practical tips on adopting your own locally sourced diet, Blessing the Hands That Feed Us is an inspirational guide and testimonial to the locavore movement and a healthy food future.''[A] call-to-action plan to buy local and live healthier and more responsibly.'' Kirkus Reviews ''[Vicki Robin] realizes that ''local'' is as much a state of mind as a geographical location.'' Publishers Weekly''[Blessing the Hands That Feed Us is] about discovering, with gusto, the other end of the industrial food scale and how eating closer to home can affect global issues of hunger, justice, and nutrition. This enjoyable and enlightening book includes practical tips for adopting a locally sourced diet, recipes, and stories about individuals who epitomize a sustainable lifestyle.'' Taste for Life magazine ''Vicki Robin has helped millions of Americans reshape their lives in sound and beautiful ways, but this may be her most important project yet--and a crucial one for our tired planet too!'' Bill McKibben, author Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist''Vicki Robin is a national treasure--a source of wisdom and uncommon sense now directed at the most basic of basics: how and what we eat and how that connects to our health, prosperity, and prospects . . . The ten-mile diet should be national policy!'' David Orr, Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics at Oberlin''Vicki Robin''s Blessing the Hands that Feed Us is part how-to manual for eating ''hyperlocal'' in an era where we can eat whatever we want at any time of day and part homage to the farmers around the globe who grow our food. I''m inspired not only by Robin''s commitment to her own diet, but also her ability to tell the story meal-by-meal and farmer-by-farmer about why we should all be looking more closely at our own diets. Without preaching, Robin shows readers the nutritional, health, environmental, and social benefits of knowing exactly where our food comes from.'' Danielle Nierenberg, Co-Founder of Food Tank: The Food Think Tank''Whether you''re a vegan, vegetarian or eat some meat, this book can show you how and why to include ''local'' on your list of important food values. Discovering the food of your bioregion, meeting your local farmers, sharing meals with friends, building community through food--all of this is part of personal and planetary health.'' John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America and co-founder of The Food Revolution Network''Vicki Robin is like a Mohandas Gandhi of the 21st Century, modeling a self-reliant lifestyle that can end the violence our industrial food system exacts again our health, our communities, our ecosystems, and our relationships.