13 Must-Have Books for Your Gardening Library
The most important books on gardening I’ve reviewed that have a permanent place in my gardening library. All of these books should be on your essential reading list.
A Short History of the American Lawn
The history of the American lawn was driven by technology, desire for social status, and marketing. Its roots are in the estate gardens of the Middle Ages.
Michael Pollan On the Organic Foods vs Conventional Foods Study
Michael Pollan, best selling author and leading food activist, speaks on the uproar surrounding the Stanford organic vs conventional food study
The Happiness Diet: by Tyler Graham and Drew Ramsey, M.D. (Review)
The Happiness Diet describes how for the first time in history, too much food is making us sick and starving our brains.
Review: Food Rules An Eater’s Manual (Illustrated Edition) by Michael Pollan
Food Rules by Michael Pollan has been re-issued with wonderful illustrations by artist Maira Kalman.
Michael Pollan, Food Rules On Colbert Report
Video of Michael Pollan on The Colbert Report promoting his new book “Food Rules, An Eater’s Manual”.
Michael Pollan on Why Government is Addicted to Cheap, Fast Food
Michael Pollan wrote an excellent article in The Nation, outlining the lack of real progress in reforming the broken food system in the United States.
The Botany Of Desire by Michael Pollan (Review)
Michael Pollan’s “The Botany Of Desire” explores the impact of human desires on artificial selection: do we cultivate plants, or do they cultivate us?
