Blessing the hands that feed us : what eating closer to home can teach us about food, community, and our place on earth /

Robin, Vicki.

Blessing the hands that feed us : what eating closer to home can teach us about food, community, and our place on earth / Vicki Robin. - New York : Viking, 2014. - xiii, 334 p. : map ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Localize me? -- Putting my mouth where my mouth is -- Yes! But how? -- Week one: Grounded! -- Week two: Getting the hang of it -- Week three: The week of my discontent -- Revelations of the final week -- Relational eating -- Bringing our eating closer to home -- Continued blessing.

Documents the author's efforts to eat food produced within ten miles of her home in Puget Sound, Washington, exposing the cause-and-effect consequences of a processed-foods diet while sharing the stories of the farmers she befriended who epitomized the sustainable lifestyle.

0670025720 9780670025725

40023181837

2013018397


Community-supported agriculture--Washington (State)--Whidbey Island.
Local foods--Washington (State)--Whidbey Island.
Self-reliant living--Washington (State)--Whidbey Island.


Whidbey Island (Wash.)--Social conditions.

Powered by Koha