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Book Review: Local Food by Tamzin Pinkerton and Rob Hopkins
Filed under GeneralOct 6I was sent a copy of Tamzin Pinkerton and Rob Hopkins book, ‘Local Food’ some time ago but have since really dragged my heals writing this review. This hasn’t been for any negative reason, quite the opposite in fact. I found the book so compelling that whenever I sat down to read it I would get so absorbed I would forget about the review altogether.
What makes the book so compelling is not only it’s excellent delivery but also the myriad of ways the author(s) address many of the problems we may face in the future as cheap energy disappears and climate change really starts to take a grip. In many ways it talks about a lot of the subjects we do on this website; growing your own, keeping an allotment and there are even a couple of pages written by our friend and fellow forager Fergus Drennan (I love the alliteration of that sentence) on the subject of wild food.‘Local Food’ however goes above and beyond what we write about on Self-Sufficientish. It suggests achievable remedies to the problems our modern food system has created and empowers the reader to get evolved in their own food security. It wouldn’t surprise me to find food co-ops, community gardens, garden share schemes and a whole host of other food related community projects popping up around the country as this book starts to edge it’s way up the best-sellers list.
Local Food is a truly excellent book and retails at the very reasonable price of just £12.95.
One Response to “Book Review: Local Food by Tamzin Pinkerton and Rob Hopkins”
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An inspiring and useful book for promoting the life style The Secret Seed Society is trying to engage young minds with. We are hoping by capturing the interest of the very young we can inspire them to understand how we can make the future sustainable. Today Seed City tomorrow Transition Town!
