Kirsten talks about the 6 food literacy book titles she recommends for those wanting to really understand how food is produced in this country, how it needs to be, and how we can take control of our health and our grocery dollar.

In January, the monthly Food Literacy Book Club kicks off. If you can't make the local meeting, you can follow along with the podcast version right here on Food Smarts.

Locals--make sure and buy your books at Main Street Books.

Here are the books, in order, that we will feature over the next 6 months.

• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
• The American Way of Eating by Tracie McMillan
• Folks, This Ain't Normal by Joel Salatin
• The Third Plate by Dan Barber
• Death By Food Pyramid by Denise Minger

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