Ideal Bite

I suggest buying these books used or supporting your local library, save trees!

Might I also suggest picking up a copy of these titles at the local library=the eco friendliest way to go.

Thank you for turning people on to the local food movement and Michael Pollan! Talk about changing behavior- my way of thinking was never the same after reading his first book "Botany of Desire" Thanks!

I agree that checking the books out of the library, rather than buying them (even secondhand), is the eco-friendliest choice. It saves even more resources when many people, rather than one (or two in the case of a previously owned book) can share the same copy, and it supports local libraries, an important community center. My small town's library has Pollan and Pearce, but not Jones. Might have to buy that one (and donate it to the library when I'm done with it).

Local library, great, used, not so much. Eco-friendly to be sure, but not author-friendly. Authors don't get paid for used books, and when publishers see new sales going down, they stop buying from those authors. Lose-lose. Besides, these are all such fab books that you'll want to keep them to read over and over, the eco-friendliest of all!

As another option, I suggest paperbackswap.com. It's free to join and when you send a book to someone, you get a credit to spend on any book on the site, and there are over 3 million books available.

Good idea...I'm in and I approach it with a bit of skepticism

What a fabulous idea! I already picked up a hint from Kim regarding Michael Pollan's book Botany of Desire. I need to get it. I so enjoyed and learned so much from Defense of Food. Look forward to reading it again. Will buy my own copy this time so I can mark it up-love to do that. This is going to be so educational-can't wait.

Another good swap site is swaptree.com. Careful, it can be addicting. If you really catch the swap bug, try librarything.com. You can create a library list of books you want (or have) and it will provide you with a list of the dozen or so swapsites that have those books available. I also use frugalreader.com and bookmooch.com. While it's unfortunate that a writer doesn't get paid for every book printed when we use libraries, used bookstores, and swap sites, it's even more unfortunate that more trees have to die just so we can all purchase our own copy. Personally, I think a writer can produce another book in less time than it takes to produce another forest. Peace.

these elec devices don't use any paper and are fabu for travel...no heavy books to lug. authors are alwaus properly rewarded for their work. Kindle had Pollan, Jones and Pearce and all were about 9.99-which makes cost of entry to read the books lower as well. of course you don't have a nice coffee table book after you read it via kindle. cons: you have to be tolerant of technology things when reading, which is an uneasy adjustment for some (small screens, especially if you're hooked in via iphone), battery life concerns, etc. also, once you read it, you can't donate to the library or share it with a friend. but it definitely is lighter on trees.