“Just Food”

Wed 2 Sep 2009 6:14 pm

The new book by James McWilliams, Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly, set out to be provocative, and I guess I got provoked. My review of it is in today’s Christian Science Monitor here.

Posted by Rebekah Denn under Book Reviews

Tags: Books, Food politics, Local Food

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Lori says:

September 3, 2009 at 8:45 am

Some people just want to fight like a kind of verbal adrenaline junkie. That James McWilliams got published is unfortunate but probably preserves his tenure. I like your phrase “parsnip-slinging.” :O)

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