“This is a non-fiction story of a family who "lives off the farm and their neighbor's farms" for a year. I found the agricultural and political perspective interesting. I was intrigued by the old fashioned techniques and skills the family knew such as harvesting, canning, and harvesting. The book made me feel extremely guilty about buy for price instead of buying locally. It pressed on the idea that buying locally uses less calories as there is no petroleum involved in transport (or little...”

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