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Reading List
April 5, 2007, 3:57 am
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This is just a list of books that I’ve read that are somewhat on the topic of this blog and have influenced me.

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser

Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan

Renewing the Countryside: Washington by Ingrid Dankmeyer

Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio

Supersize Me by Morgan Spurlock (film)

End of Suburbia by Gregory Greene (film)

Fields of Plenty by Michael Ableman

Gardening When It Counts by Steve Solomon

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond

Against The Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization by Richard Manning

On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee


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Three more books worth reading:
Hope’s Edge: the Next Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappe and Anna Lappe
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Harvest for Hope by Jane Goodall

Comment by Jane September 5, 2007 @ 4:19 pm

Great contributions to the list! Thanks, Jane. :)

Comment by Saara September 5, 2007 @ 9:07 pm



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