Are you being called home? Or maybe called away from the city life? Here in Atlanta almost all of our food is shipped here in a "refrigerated module from somewhere far away", just how the food was shipped to Tucson; a reason the Kingsolvers were being called home to the farm. Our every ounce of water is being pumped " from a nonrenewable source--a fossil aquifer that is dropping so fast, sometimes the grond crumbles." It seems that city life, far from the farms, bring alot of sanitation and health problems to the residents. Partly because her husband and family had called farms the homes, Kingsolver was called back to live on a farm to get away from problems like these. She wanted to reside in a place where she could grow crops, count on rainfall, and produce her own food she knew was safe to consume. She didn't want to be eating food that had travelled further than the average American does on their yearly vacations. Kingsolver mentions that we stick to our food habits and we still drink the water we are told is ok to drink but will kill fish is fish swim in it! Kingsolver decided to no longer be stubborn and move to a farm! Keep reading our blogs to find out about the Kingsolvers' move to the farm.
Anne Lloyd Bean
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