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Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn
Metropolis Books, 2008
Not enough ideas for my own front yard
My husband and I want to convert most of our front and back yard to fruit trees and gardens, as we have long thought that most people do not make use of their grass anyhow. Most of the book made the case for using property for food production, but the book was short on ...
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Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
Michael Pollan
Grove Press, 2003
Lawn Mowing et al
Pollans description of what is a green thumb and the sysiphean art of mowing reminded me how therapeutic gardening can be and why it cures depression. Thank you Michael for making me look at my roses in a totally different way. You will love this book if you tend to ...
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Food Fight: The Citizen's Guide to a Food and Farm Bill
Daniel Imhoff
University of California Press, 2007
Farm Policy for Dummies (Like Me)
Word of the day: "cornification." Cornification, in a nutshell, is the takeover of a diverse landscape by one mighty plant: corn. The "Effects of Cornification" graphic on page 17 of Dan Imhoff's new book shows the results: the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone, factory ...
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Michael Pollan
Penguin, 2007
Zeitgeist for Food!
Probably the most important book about the state of food in this country, and maybe the world. Michael Pollan's calm voice is the call to tune in, wake up and choose the food you consume rather than give in to corporate and government default as we have been ...
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Michael Pollan
Penguin Press HC, The, 2008
A Must Read: And here is why
Healing the Rift: Merging Science and Spirituality
Michael Pollan chronicles the dogma and misconceptions concerning food and food nutrition. With tens of thousands of books published each year on cooking, diet, food, and nutrition, few really give readers the ...
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Voices of the Land
Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2004
Gorgeous, reflective pieces abound
What does it mean to really know the land, or a wild space? The essays compiled and edited by Jamie Crelly Purinton for Voices Of The Land go well beyond commercial or economic values to consider the ecological and social meaning of land stewardship, from getting to ...
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
Michael Pollan
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002
The best
In style and substance this is one of the best books I've read in recent years, as well as one of the most enjoyable. It also broadened my perspective in several areas. I highly recommend.
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The Omnivore's Dilemma A Natural History of Four Meals
Pollan Michael
The Penguin Press, 2006
greatest book
This book is a major eye opener. You will learn the best reasons for eating grass fed meats and resorces to purchase them.
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The Botany of Desire
Michael Pollan
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2002
I Love This Book!
A fascinating read. The Botany of Desire is quite possibly my favorite book. You'll find yourself quoting all kinds of interesting facts about the history of apples and never wanting to eat non-organic potatoes ever again. I constantly recommend this book to others, ...
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A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder
Michael Pollan
Delta, 1998
a classic
this book is elegantly written, erudite and entertaining. I'd recommend it highly both to the carpenter who would like to know more about the ancient roots of construction and to the armchair traveller types. It examines the dynamic between builder, client and ...
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A Place of My Own: The Architecture of Daydreams
Michael Pollan
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008
Michael Pollan?s unmatched ability to draw lines of connection between our everyday experiences? whether eating, gardening, or building?and the natural world has been the basis for the popular success of his many works of nonfiction, including the genre-defining bestsellers The Omnivore?s Dilemma and In Defense of Food . With this updated ...
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Tulipa: A Photographer's Botanical
Artisan, 1999
Spell-binding and amazing
In all of my years, I have never seen quite a unique and exquisite celebration of the maginificence of these natural wonders. Christopher Baker's eye portray's the simple elegance of these flowers with a passion that is fascinating. One can hardly appreciate the ...
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In Defence of Food: The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating
Michael Pollan
Allen Lane, 2008
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We Made a Garden (Modern Library Gardening)
Margery Fish
Modern Library, 2002
Garden story....
WE MADE A GARDEN is a lovely little book by Margery Fish, an "elderly" English lady who with her husband (he who must be obeyed or cleverly deceived it seems) moved to a country manor and converted the mostly lawn areas into gardens of shrubs, flowers, and herbs. First ...
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Is corn making us fat? Michael Pollan argues that U.S. farm policy promoting overproduction of corn has made ...
Michael Pollan
Scholastic, Inc., 2003
This digital document is an article from New York Times Upfront, published by Scholastic, Inc. on December 8, 2003. The length of the article is 2474 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can ...
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