BLESSING THE HANDS THAT FEED US

BLESSING THE HANDS THAT FEED US is a lively and moving journey into our relationship with how we eat and how choosing food can transform our minds, bodies, and communities. This is a book for fans of Mark Bittman, Michael Pollan, and Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal Vegetable Mineral. The foreward will be written by Francis Moore Lappe, author of the seminal food book Diet for a Small Planet.

Taking the locavore movement to heart, bestselling author and social innovator Vicki Robin pledged for one month to eat only food sourced within a 10-mile radius of her home on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound, Washington. Her sustainable diet not only brings to light society’s unhealthy dependency on mass-produced, prepackaged foods but also helps her reconnect with her body and her environment. Like Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and the bestselling books of Michael Pollan, Blessing the Hands That Feed Us is part personal narrative and part global manifesto. By challenging herself to eat and buy local, Robin exposes the cause and effect of the food business, from the processed goods laden with sugar, fat, and preservatives to the trucks burning through fuel to bring them to a shelf near you. Robin’s journey is also one of community as she befriends all the neighboring farmers who epitomize the sustainable lifestyle. Among them are Tricia, the prolific market gardener who issued Robin’s 10-mile challenge; Britt and Eric, two young, enthusiastic farmers living their dream of self-sufficiency; and Vicky, a former corporate executive turned milk producer. Featuring recipes throughout, along with practical tips on adopting your own locally sourced diet, Blessing the Hands That Feed Us is an inspirational guide and testimonial to the locavore movement and a healthy food future. Vicki Robin is a prolific social innovator, writer, and speaker. With the late Joe Dominguez, she is co-author of the international and New York Times bestselling Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence, which sold more than 600,000 copies.