Full name: Fields of Plenty: A Farmer's Journey in Search of Real Food and the People Who Grow It

Author: Michael Ableman Year: 2005 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Food, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780811842235 0811842231

In the face of supersizing and a fast-food nation, a growing community of organic farmers and food artisans are producing sustainable nourishment that is respectful to the land and rich in heritage, flavor, and passion. In Fields of Plenty, respected farmer, teacher, and ecology advocate Michael Ableman seeks out these innovative and committed farmers to reveal how the fruits of those who till the soil go beyond taste. From Knolls farm in California, famous for succulent figs tree-ripened to perfection, to an urban farm in Chicago that sustains an entire community, his odyssey takes him to farmers who are trying to answer questions of sustenance philosophically and, most importantly, in practice. Illustrated with evocative color photographs of the land and the people who work it, and accompanied by a bountiful selection of recipes, this beautifully written memoir reveals the power of food as a personal and cultural force. Similar books: Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal by Joel Salatin The Third Plate by Dan Barber Folks, This Ain't Normal by Joel Salatin Bringing It to the Table by Wendell Berry Holy Cows And Hog Heaven by Joel Salatin The wildcrafting brewer by Pascal Baudar Squeamish About Sushi by Betty Reynolds Lentil Underground by Liz Carlisle No Happy Cows by John Robbins Eat Your Heart Out by Felicity Lawrence Love and Hunger by Charlotte Wood Sex, Death and Oysters by Robb Walsh Change Comes to Dinner by Katherine Gustafson Eating Words by Sandra M. Gilbert Eat Here by Brian Halweil Reclaiming Our Food by Tanya Denckla Cobb The Town That Food Saved by Ben Hewitt Righteous Porkchop by Nicolette Hahn Niman A Taste of the Sun by Elizabeth David Organic, Inc. by Samuel Fromartz