Harvest for Hope
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Kimberly NY
- 04-12-16
Very informative and easy to read
What did you love best about Harvest for Hope?
An easy read that kept my attention. Very informative with lots of detail. My 10 year old also lived the book
What was one of the most memorable moments of Harvest for Hope?
I think I'll always remember the scene with her at a conference and the glass of water. I attend meetings all the time and paid no attention to how the glass of water would be wasted many times
Which scene was your favorite?
I thoroughly enjoyed many scenes I'm not sure I have a favorite.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I've learned a lot and I am making a conscious effort to pay attention to the details about where my family's food comes from. We've purchased a water filter and buy more organic or wild crafted food items
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- Ashley
- 01-10-18
I absolutely love this book.
I found this book very informative and because of it I was able to go to a website where I found a local sustainable Farm and I became a CSA share crop holder and I will now receive locally grown organic sustainable fruits and vegetables every week. I also plan on volunteering at this local Farm that way I can be involved, learn and really know where my food comes from.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Ron
- 04-13-06
Loved the book
A great listen. Explains in plain english all the bad things out there. Very well done.
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- Bookie
- 03-12-24
clearing the poison
suggestions on farmers markets and organic food and the distinction of wild caught vs farm raised fish
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- Cat lady
- 05-01-17
Inspiring and important
What an impairment read!! Jane Goodall is a ray of light! She sought out the truth, shares it in this book and ensures that the reader is left feeling hopeful with a section at the end of each chapter on "what you can do". Thank you Jane! I am so inspired :)
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Marcus
- 03-12-09
The best Audiobook Ever
This book changed my life. I did know some but not everything she preached. This was an amazing book!
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- Dvdmon
- 04-23-15
Not the best examination of our flawed food system
Goodall may be a biologist by training, but her approach to this topic, as others have mentioned, is emotional, sentimental, and fear-mongering, rather than scientific. She states so many things in this book as facts without citing where she got the information from, and in fact some of these items are scientifically incorrect. They seem, rather, culled from vegetarian/animal rights activist propaganda without any further critical examination on Goodall's part. At least from what she states in the book, it sounds like she picks up much of her information from reading X book or Y article and then just accepts it as fact, despite the fact that there are different views on many of these issues.
Unfortunately the poor narration does even more to harm how this book comes across. The lilting, superior way it comes across (unlike Goodall's much less grating voice at the beginning and end of the book), makes me want to cringe every other sentence, especially with the phony laughs and the times when the voice conveys a smug, self-satisfied smile about one thing or another.
That being said, I think there are important truths in this book that many of us can agree on, and it has given me some additional motivation to get back to trying to eat more local and organic. I just wish the presentation of this book were better and the science behind it were better, because I think it will completely turn off a lot of people who are new to such material. Likewise it's also destined to put sometimes incorrect ideas in some heads who will use this book as a reference of *facts* and not realize that there is much of it that is actually just opinion that isn't backed up with solid facts. Unfortunately these people will continue to spread myths that, when debunked, will do more disservice to the overall cause because it then makes the idea of organics and local food seem to be based on fallacies.
So, if this area is something new to you, I would highly recommend a different book, one that is more balanced but often reaches similar conclusions, but in a much better researched way - a book I read 10+ years ago which got me to start thinking seriously about where I got my food - Michael Pollan's Excellent "The Omnivore's Dilemma."
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- Linda from Maryland
- 02-08-18
Must read for all who eat.
As consumers we need to be aware of how corporations affect our food supply. If we are to be advocates for our own health this is information we need to know and we need to teach it to our children. If knowledge empowers and if “every food purchase is a vote” this book should be required reading for all of us.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Greg
- 10-14-09
Lucky Us
the book is wandering and largely emotionally driven rather than scientifically, fact based it's only brought down further by the ridiculous narration. it would seem the narrator finds each and every word of each and every sentence to be a profound revelation which all of humanity should bow down and thank her for(not to mention the uncanny similarity her voice shares with the captain of star trek's voyager series.) I couldn't agree more with another reviewer's opinion posted here that it all sounds as though the listener is assumed to be a 3rd grader.
PASS.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Jennifer
- 05-14-06
boring...
This book uncovers nothing that anyone even remotely interested in the wholesomeness and safety of their food doesn't already know, and is written and narrated in a style that seems directed to the intellect of a third grader. I was thinking that as a biologist, Ms. Goodall would able to provide some balance between the health food store fear mongering and the glib assurances of the agribusiness PR flacks, but she chooses to talk down to her audience, and I believe even quotes some wacko publication like "Well-Being Journal" (I'd actually have to listen to the hour or so that I managed to tolerate to accurately cite what publication of dubious credibility it was) as a source. The narrator does the text justice. Perhaps this is why she hasn't been heard from since "The Birds".
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