![]() ![]() Kingsolver writes the majority of the book, with Hopp adding informative sidebars on biodiversity, farming practices, agribusiness, real solutions for world hunger, and the political benefits (to some) of mass-produced foodstuffs. Bread and cheese making follow amazingly, Kingsolver manages to breed turkeys. ![]() ![]() Lily raises chickens, displaying astonishing business acumen and a sure hand at her egg-selling enterprise. There the family cultivates vegetables and fruits, culls morels from a back field, and tends the asparagus patch. Hopp, Barbara, 19-year-old Camille, and nine-year old Lily - packing up their Tucson home and reverse migrating to Hopp's land. The journey begins literally, with the family - biologist Steven L. Hopp and Camille KingsolverĪnimal, Vegetable, Miracle chronicles the Kingsolver-Hopp family's resolution to step off the petroleum grid for one year, eating only local, sustainably produced meats, fruits, and vegetables either from or near their Kentucky farm. ![]() Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Lifeīy Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. ![]()
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