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A kind poster said I directed him/her to "Omnivore's Dilemma"
and "Teaming with Microbes" and is enjoying the former and preparing to read the later. "Teaming with Microbes" is important in understanding humanity's impact on soil whether you garden or not. "Omnivore", though, takes you places where you've never been and explains thing that you never thought of and in doing so gives an incredibly enabling overview of human nutrition, or the lack of it, additionally, it is also a real page turner. I feel fortunate to have read it. There are two other books that I would like to recommend that also deal with the biosphere, both are crammed with information that seems to flow effortlessly from the books, and they are both by Jared Diamond. The first is "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" which, in part, traces the development of our food supply. You will see the world with new eyes. http://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Ste...393061310/ref= pd_sim_b_img_1 The other book is "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed", which exhibits societies from the Bitterroot Valley of Montana, to the Viking outposts of Greenland, to the ancient land of Australia that show good stewardship of the land and those that didn't. A wonderful read. http://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Socie...d/dp/B000IJ7Q3 2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208368189&sr=1-1 Both these books are real page turners and you will feel much wiser for having read them. -- Billy The Murder of Rachel Corrie http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1248.shtml |
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