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Old 13-05-2013, 06:50 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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songbird wrote:

Billy wrote:
songbird wrote:
Billy wrote:

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I can't believe that I found another book to read :O(

hehehe, always more to read.


I'm doomed. I'm 10 pages into it, and it is an effortless read. The
worst thing about it is the number of books the he mentions as asides.
They fall like feathers in molting season.


haha. what year was it published?


North Point Press, 2004., according to the library.
North Point Press; 1st edition (January 13, 2005) according to Amazon.


i'll put it on the list.

Tomatoland is already on it.

i think you'll enjoy _Debt_, the first 5,000 years
by Graeber.

534 pages, huh? I'll get you for this, bird.

Maybe I could interest you in "Animal Factory: The Looming Threat of
Industrial Pig, Dairy, and Poultry Farms to Humans and the Environment
by David Kirby
http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Factory...vironment/dp/B
004IK9EJQ/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1368423484&sr=1-1

It practically reads itself,honest, and is only 512 pages.

or The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
by Naomi Klein
http://www.amazon.com/Shock-Doctrine...lism/dp/031242
7999/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1368423694&sr=1-1&keywords=Shock+Doct
rine

Who knew Milton Friedman sold Neo-liberal economics to Russia, China,
and the Chilean dictator, Pinochet?


If you liked "Omnivore", then
you'll love
Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization


i'll add it to the list too.

...
The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food by
Kaayla T. Daniel
http://www.amazon.com/Whole-Soy-Stor.../0967089751/re
f=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1368391029&sr=1-1&keywords=The+whole+soy+sto
ry+%3A+the+dark+side+of+America%27s+favorite+healt h+food+%2F+Kaayla+T.+Da
niel.

Too early to tell. The writing seems a little pedantic to my taste, but
all the elements for a good, corporate conspiracy are here.


I think I'm running out of bookmarks.





songbird


and I still have a pound or 2 of " A People's History of the United
States: 1492-Present",
by Howard Zinn
to read. Oy.

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Welcome to the New America.
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