Today is the last day of school, if you can believe it, and that makes me think of the glorious joy of summer reading by the community pool, the distant shouts of "Marco!" "Polo!" permeating air filled with the scent of coconut suntan lotion. And that got me thinking it might be kind of fun to share with each other some of our favorite books relating to eating local. Every Friday between now and Labor Day weekend, stop by for the FoodShed Summer Reading Pick of the Week--and feel free to rave about some of your favorites as well!
So, to kick this off, I have to give a bow to a little, unassuming book that doesn't even sit well on a bookshelf yet truly threw the windows open for me on issues relating to industrial food. Titled, appropriately, The Little Food Book, and written by Craig Sams (the founder of Green & Blacks chocolate!), it is broken into a few dozen topics that cover the gamut of food and agriculture issues--from soil to subsidies, persuasion to packaging. It gives tight, two-page, fact-packed synopses of complex issues, in straight talk that you can understand the first time, with insights I haven't read anywhere else. I love this book. It's a great primer for those new to the issues surrounding industrial food, and a thrilling little pocket full of secrets for just about anyone.
I just figured out how to link to Amazon.com, so here goes. I made it easy for you, considering that my local Borders always has one and only one copy of this book. Click to order! Then, pour the lemonade, kick off the flip flops and dive in. Come back after you read it and let us know what you think about it!
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