Mmmm. Meat.

December 18th, 2008 at 06:56am Jennie Pollock

This week, I received two “green” gifts. One was a recycled, dressed-up canister of cookies from our Rockford Woman designer, Margo “Better Than Martha Stewart” Morgan. The other was “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael Pollan, from Margaret Larson at the U of I Extension. I told her it was totally unnecessary, but she is overly thoughtful and the book sounds interesting. Here is one review:

“What should you eat?  Michael Pollan addresses that fundamental question with great wit and intelligence, looking at the social, ethical, and environmental impact of four different meals. Eating well, he finds, can be a pleasurable way to change the world.”

—Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation and Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market

P.S. I have so far avoided wrapping presents by recycling gift bags or just using shopping bags. In one case, I didn’t bag at all. I figured a 6-year-old only cares that he’s getting “WALL-E.”

Entry Filed under: Green home, Eat locally