![]() ![]() 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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