Green Options » depletion and abundance http://greenoptions.com/tag/depletion-and-abundance Posts tagged 'depletion and abundance' Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:37:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Book Review: Depletion and Abundance Cooks Up Change http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/11/19/book-review-depletion-and-abundance-cooks-up-change/ http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/11/19/book-review-depletion-and-abundance-cooks-up-change/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:37:57 +0000 Lisa Kivirist http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/11/19/book-review-depletion-and-abundance-cooks-up-change/ Granted, food lovers tend to migrate toward cookbooks as their foodie literature of choice. But, particularly amidst today’s economic gloom, it’s good to keep a well-balanced diet and chew on some advice about navigating the turbulent times that lie ahead.

New York homesteader and writer Sharon Astyk delivers such inspirational, nutritional nuggets in her new book, Depletion and Abundance: Life on the New Home Front (New Society Publishers). The subtitle describes her true calling: One Woman’s Solutions to Finding Abundance for your Family while Coming to Terms with Peak Oil, Climate Change and Hard Times.

Astyk draws on her academic background and ideas developed on her prolific, widely-read blog to offer a reality check on the tough times to come: It will get worse before it gets better and she had the numbers and analysis to prove it. This book takes local, seasonal and organic eating a step further into the future – what happens when peak oil hits, everyone is homebound and farmers markets and retail in general dry up while we weather the crisis?

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