KAXE's Next Bookclub meeting - Local Food

It's going to be on Tuesday March 11th at 4pm at the 91.7fm KAXE studios. We're located on the Mississippi River, next to the Grand Rapids Library at 260 NE 2nd Street.

I'm really excited about our next bookclub choice because

a) Barbara Kingsolver is one of my favorite authors

b) food is involved

We're reading "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life" by Barbara Kingsolver, along with her husband Steven Hopp and daughter Camille Kingsolver. It's their story of a move from Tucson, Arizona to rural Appalachia. They are not just moving; they are rehauling their life and changing where they get their food from.

"This is the story of a year in which we made every attempt to feed ourselves animals and vegetables whose provenance we really knew . . . and of how our family was changed by our first year of deliberately eating food produced from the same place where we worked, went to school, loved our neighbors, drank the water, and breathed the air."

Not only are we reading this book (or listening to it as I am), our very own Maggie Montgomery will join us for her perspective on what it is like to eat locally in Northern Minnesota. And, we'll gather together, 'round the KAXE fireplace with local food to share.

Join us on Tuesday March 11th at 4pm at KAXE!

Have you already read this book? What do you think?