Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

I, also, heard about this while listening to NPR. Sounded like the natural next step in my lifestyle since we grow most everything we eat anyway. Ordered the book. Told my sister about it and she went right out and bought it. It just makes sense to live in this manner as much as possible for your nutrition, your finances, the environment and for the satisfaction of taking charge of your own food supply. But a warning: it's really hard. You have to consider everything you buy and spur of the moment purchases have gone out the window.

This is my first time in the book area here too. Wow I haven't heard of this book myself. I will have too look for this it. I am vegin and it will be nice to see if I can find enough foods to grow on my land to keep me fed. I have 8 acres of nice land. Just not real good at keeping a year round garden. I do can and freeze what I grow in the summer months though. So I do have a leg up. Amazed that with the costs that she was able to feed her family so cheaply I have found it rather high to grow my own lol lol. What am I doing wrong lol. I do hit up the pick as you go farms here for a lot of my vegies I don't have much luck growing. I do grow my own potatos, green beans, and onion, and carrots. that is the main things I grow. My boyfriend loves to help with the freezing and canning, though he leaves me to all the clean up lol.

This is my first time logging onto SheSpeak's book area. I was so thrilled to see this book featured. I am in the midst of reading it and fully enjoying it. It is so eye and mind-opening. I highly recommend this to anyone, and hope it inspires you to try to buy food locally whenever you can! It has inspired me!

I could not put this book down. Great tory and ideas for rasing a family. I am a book seller on AZ and I always pick up copies of this book when I find it. I actually listened to it first on CD as it is read by Babara. It has sparked my interest into her other works as well.

I have heard mixed reviews on this book but would like to read it anyway. I have heard that at times it can get a little preachy. We live in southern AZ and I would like to have a garden but with water issues, the heat, sun, and the rattle snakes I am not sure how likely I am to try my hand at the garden here. We do have an orchard and a farm that are u-pick that we go to that are 5 minutes from the house. They are a little high but we try and support them when they have stuff in season. Guess I will pick up the book and see what I think.

I can't wait to read this book! We live in KS where land is cheap and hopefully in 5 years or less we will have our own plot of land to garden and raise our own food. I was also raised on a farm, drank fresh cows milk we also had pigs, chickens, and other animals. We also had a fruitful garden every year and yes, it takes a lot of hard work but the rewards are awesome for yourself and your family!

Nice review. The book sounds really interesting! I will be keeping an eye out for Animal, Vegetable, Mineral.

I cant wait to read it, i grew up on a farm growing our own food and raising our own animals for food.The food was always better than grocery store food.

This sounds like a book I'd like like to read. I have always been interested in being self sufficient but never had the money to do so. Maybe now is the time to get inspired and see what I can do with what I have now.

I heard Kingsolver interviewed on NPR about this book. It sounds like a fascinating blend of cookbook and memoir, and even how-to and inspirational. Since I love her novels with an everlasting passion, I'm sure this will be a fascinating read.

I heard an interview with Barbara on Krista Tippett's Speaking of Faith podcast...fascinating! Can't wait to read her story...

It seems like we've come full circle. After industrialization and globalization- specializing in a product and attempting to sell it all over the world. Suddenly we are aware of the cost to the environment of these items travelling all over the world, and now there is a trend to buy locally. Progress is so interesting, especially when the next 'step' seems like we're reverting back to an old-fashioned way of doing things.

Wow! And here I thought I am doing what I can do by bringing my tote bags to the grocery store and using cloth napkins. I can't wait to read the book- hopefully it will offer several ideas that are realistic to implement (uh, without having to move to Appalachia...I kind of like living in a city!) Does it include gardening tips? Three months later and my container garden is struggling... A foot tall bell pepper plant produces bell peppers the size of cherry tomatoes. I guess it's hard with just a balcony to try and grow your own stuff....

This sounds like a wonderful book. For those of us that have maintained a garden while Super Groceries have popped up around us this is not a novel approach to day to day life. It takes work to nurture and harvest a garden that can be useful year round. The work is satisfying for the body and soul. I encourage you to find a gardening group or a cooperative garden in your area. Gardeners are the most generous people you will meet.

I can't wait to read it. With the recent news stories about recalls of Chinese imports it makes sense to eat food that doesn't have to travel far. By buying local produce you are not only supporting your local community but you can get to know the farmers that produce the food. We need to be vigilant about choosing our food. It makes sense to know where and how it is grown.