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Originally Posted by jgaiser

On a Non-fiction kick right now.

Just finished Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit . We don't get many Florida tomatoes here in the Pacific Northwest, but if the California/Mexico tomato industry is anything to compare, I'm going to be really particular on what I eat. A sad and amazing tale.

Next up is Food Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer-And What You Can Do About It. Have the DVD on order, but thought I'd start with the ebook.

I read some excerpts from the tomato book. I grow almost all my own now and can. I used to freeze them, but prefer the taste of canned. This year was really hard--the heat killed all but one plant that I'm nursing along until fall to see if it will produce again (I know it will if it makes it; done it before.) But I eat a lot of grape-sized heat tolerant tomatoes. I only get the big juicy ones in the spring for a short duration before the heat takes over.

The cucumbers didn't fare well this year at all--heat and bugs (organic gardening doesn't always work).