Book Reviews

As you make your way through this well-reasoned, well-researched, densely written book, you may hear the sound of a scream, a crescendo of pain that builds from introduction to index. In my case, it turned out to be coming from the inside of my own head. We know, or have … [Read more...] about American Democracy Undermined By Powerful Monopolies With Big AG, A Prime Example: BREAK’EM UP

Although she was born in Albany in upstate New York, Elizabeth Zunon (a multi-talented artist, jewelry maker, chocolate lover and author/illustrator of children's books, spent her childhood in Abidjan, in the Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) in West Africa. Zunon's first, of now three … [Read more...] about Connecting To Family Roots In West Africa While Baking A Chocolate Cake In A Gently-Told Story For Young Children

If you care about how your food is grown and distributed and you care about social justice, the one book you must read right now is Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land by Leah Penniman (Chelsea Green Publishing, White River Junction, … [Read more...] about Rooting Social Justice In Power & Knowledge Over How Your Food Is Grown & Distributed

Nava Atlas’s beautifully produced cookbook, 5 Ingredient Vegan, 175 Simple, plant-based recipes for delicious, healthy meals in minutes (Sterling Epicure, New York, NY, 2019) could not have arrived at a better time. It was the beginning of our Covid-19 lockdown. We suddenly had … [Read more...] about Recipes For Simple Plant-Based Meals Especially Helpful For Newly Vegan-Curious Cooks

Your view of the earth may be immediately subverted by this book: most of it takes place in Australia, where the seasons are inverted and the land is often desert. But this turns out to be an excellent location from which to contemplate the renewal of the land. Moreover, Call of … [Read more...] about Clarion Call From Downunder For The GLOBAL Transformation of Agriculture