Kingsolver’s piece is about “How the nutrition type changes your life style?”.
She talks about a time period of how they changed their lives by growing their own food themselves
and how they face that change.
The thing I like about her writing style is that she uses examples which our generation is interested in.
I like how her kid tells her that she loves her little chickens as much as her mom J
Then she feels bad and tells her mom that she loves her chicken “6” and her mom “7” that was a
funny part for me.
One of the other things that make the book effective is the other writers. Her husband is the
“scientific sytle” writer , her daughter talks about her “feelings and a little detail”, but still fills the piece
with more information.
Of course everyone would love to have fresh food by their house , but sometimes ; especially in big
cities which have a lot of population , there is no possibility to tell them to grow their own food.
Nowadays ; as I am into architecture , I know that it isn’t easy to build on a large area with a small
program space. Program meaning where people live and use. Imagine a skyscraper of 100 stories
high , how big of a food growing (farm) space would that building need to feed the people in it? That
building, probably has at least 2000 patients living in it.
The part which I found ineffective is that the book is like a class text book. It explains , explains ,
explains... Sometimes you feel like “ oh…., give me a break to breathe!”.
I agree that most people live in environments that won't allow them to grow their own food. Like your metropolitan cities example...the majority of people live in skyscrapers, thus growing their own food seems impossible. But, I have heard of some interesting trends in cities like New York and Chicago. A lot of the rooftops on large buildings are being transformed into actual functioning gardens, so people really are able to grow their own food. Perhaps these trends will prompt new styles of architecture.
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