If everyone turned their yards into gardens, the supermarkets would have to shut down their produce sections. Unfortunately, we’d also affect the local farmers. Grass is useless anyway….it grows, so we cut it. If it doesn’t grow, we water it so that it does, so that we can cut it again. Doesn’t make much sense to me.

He does a pretty good job of suggesting solutions. There are 5 pages of suggested reading on gardening and sustainable farming. He doesn’t touch much on how to find grass-fed meats, but he does advocate farmer’s markets and getting to know your local growers. Pawlick also talks about how people used to raise their own animals, which is probably out for most of us. So in terms of how well he describes getting produce from non-commercial sources, I’d give him an A. As for meats, probably more like a B-.

Cheers
Scott

Thanks for reviewing this book. Does it go beyond expounding on the problems and suggest solutions (local, seasonal foods, farmers markets, pastured meats and poultry, etc.)? Some books I like describe the problems very well, but fall short on constructive actions that people can take to avoid/not support/change the conventional food system.