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...magazine editor. “It’s all-inclusive.”LOCAVORES UNITEPopularized as the “locavore” movement, the trend of buying local has swept the nation over the past several years. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the number of farmer??s markets across the country grew by more than 7 percent between 2005 and 2006.“It’s one of the biggest food trends I’ve seen in my lifetime,” said Mollie Katzen, a bestselling cookbook author and adviser...
...Aliza) grew up in a home sustained by local organic produce co-ops, but still annually rushes to CVS to buy large quantities of discounted Valentine’s Day candy in the dawning hours of February 15th. We haven’t checked the “subsistence farmer?? box on the e-recruiting Web site, and neither should you.It’s a given that we do most of our eating in an environment that’s probably as far removed from the roots of our food as possible: not only does someone else...
...gorgeously written and reveal extensive knowledge, and Antonina’s status as a zookeeper’s wife renders them less irrelevant than they would otherwise be. Still, the overall effect is to make parts of the book read less like an historical narrative and more like a farmer??s almanac; it reads as though Ackerman ripped entries out of her personal field journal and pasted them into the book alongside Antonina’s diary. The book’s style is not revolutionary: well-known writers as far back as Twain incorporated mixed media into...
...that Thornton plays his character highlights a pervasive disregard for the obvious rule that inspirational films require inspirational characters. The building of a rocket is treated with the emotional weight of building a boxcar derby. No doubt the “The Astronaut Farmer?? will be touted as a feel good romp for the whole family. But when astronauts are so ordinary, what’s to feel good about...
Admittedly, “The Astronaut Farmer?? has a certain forced charm. It features an uncommonly amusing cell phone ring and earns a few other good-natured laughs. Its earnest nature is at times compelling: it is refreshing to see a family film that lacks an ironical mocking of children beneath its surface. Still, filmmakers erred in naming one of the Farmers’ daughters Sunshine—seriously, trying too hard...