Harvest for Hope
A Guide to Mindful Eating

A different kind of review today– this book hit home. To my little brother, You were right. You were right and I owe you an apology for offering argument based on my own discomfort and cognitive dissonance rather than on the facts. I’ve spent a long time (an unjustifiably long time, probably) trying......more

First, I have a tremendous amount of respect for Jane Goodall. I have seen her lecture three times and have met her personally while working on behavioral research projects. She is inspirational and someone that I greatly admire. What I liked about this book, was it has a lot of common sense. Goodall......more

I fully expected to encounter a preachy Goodall telling me that I was a murderer, carcass-eater, and all the other niceties that vegetarians seem to call people who eat meat. But Goodall is smarter than the average vegetarian. She understands that people are different and that being preachy and judg......more

This book is a nice introduction for someone who knows nothing or very little about the current crisis surrounding food production, the modern American diet, and the environment. If this is a topic you know a lot about (like myself) you will probably be very bored. Some of her anecdotes are nice, an......more

This was the first book I've read by Jane Goodall, and I've always admired and respected her as a primatologist. But I really did not like this book. It's full of infuriating contradictions: GMOs are presented as unquestionably evil, yet lab-grown meat is mentioned as an excellent example of how sci......more