Where's the beef?
Do you ever wonder where the food you're eating comes from? I don't mean from your favorite Italian, Greek, or Chinese restaurant, but the food you prepare at home -- eggs, meat, vegetables, and so forth. Food that is grown on a farm somewhere in the United States and then shipped to your local supermarket or grocery.
If you haven't, you certainly won't be able to think otherwise after reading Michael Pollan's newest book, The Omnivore's Dilemma. QPB will be offering this eye-opening look at the return to local food distribution in a couple months, of course in an exclusive paperback edition, but I thought I'd give you a preview now to whet your appetite (no pun intended!). I first heard about Pollan's book in an article called "No Bar Code" in the May/June issue of Mother Jones magazine (an absolutely wonderful rag for independent investigative journalism that I recommend everyone subscribe to!). "No Bar Code" is an excerpt from the book in which Pollan describes the expansion of sustainable, localized farming. In an era where the terms "globalization" and "mass-market" ring in our ears every day, The Omnivore's Dilemma is a fresh look at supporting local food economies and the effect alternative food distribution may have on our environment as a whole. Highly recommended!