The author is an “urban farmer” who lives in Oakland, CA. I love her name!!! =D She has a vegetable garden in the lot behind her house, and she also raises rabbits, chickens, and pigs for meat.
I don’t like reading about killing animals for meat although I know that it’s done and I eat meat myself. In fact, last night I feasted on filet mignon which was very tasty. It was served on a bed of shallot infused mashed potatoes along with a red wine and beef broth reduction sauce. And, can you believe this? I ate this meal while camping in Yosemite. We’re talking real camping with tents – so this was not your regular camp food. Back to my post, I guess I’m one of those people who, if I had to slaughter animals myself in order to eat them would probably become a vegetarian.
I raced through this book, mostly because it was due at the library in two days. It was amazing what the author did with her backyard and her generosity in sharing her produce and meat with neighbors and friends. She is doing extreme urban farming, and it made this low-scale suburban farmer (me) somewhat uncomfortable (with the slaughtering) but also proud about the two tomato plants I have on my patio out back.
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