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In the past two weeks went our family on our annual Lake Powell Houseboat trip with my brother-in-laws family.  Holidays tend to be different things to different people, but do for me, its all about books to read.  In my "normal" life I tend to work until between 9: 00 and 10: 00 each evening and then watch the Daily Show or something else equally brain death on TIVO.  Im just too tired to do anything else.  I only have time to books in short excerpts on my iPhone while waiting in lines to read or to listen to audio books while walking the dog or on long rides.  All year long so I look forward to a holiday read-a-thon and take guilty pleasure in pondering what books to read.

So what reading material a gardener aquaponic takes on vacation? This year I managed to finish two wonderful books and most of a audobook at the station and back, and to start a more book.

Tomatoland: how modern industrial agriculture destroyed our most tempting Fruit, by Barry Estabrook – this book was recommended to me at the last minute by fellow aquapon, Molly Stanek.  That is a big fan of tomatoes (what gardener is not?) and fascinated by the self-destructive tendencies of industrial agriculture, there was no way that I wasnt going to jump on this book!  And I wasnt disappointed.  It took me on a compelling journey through the Florida tomato industry, starting with an analysis of why tomatoes may not be grown in Florida in the first place and why every tomato grown there requires a staggering amount of petroleum-based fertilizers, pesticides and water.  The indecency continued with the plight of migrant workers who work in these fields.  Whole chapters were devoted to their inhuman living conditions and their horrible health problems and birth defects caused by pesticides exposure, and slavery.

After dropping to the low point of the slavery chapter (hard to beat a chapter on slavery when you try to send a strong point about negative social consequences!), the Show began to climb with a chapter on tomato breeding, which the fascinating work of two tomato breeding masters in Florida stressed.  The book actually ended on a high note by spotlighting the work of some small family farms, especially in New York, and the influence of consumer demand to be able to change the course of the poor tomato.  This book was extremely engaging and grabbed me from start to finish.

Farm City: The education of an urban farmer by Novella Carpenter- This thoroughly entertaining book was a perfect book for a aquapon to read on vacation. It was delicious fun read, though not without some important messages and dust thrown in along the way.

A true story on a pretty much in the midst of a rough urban area in Oakland, CA; This book takes you on the blog authors personal journey of transformation in an urban farmer.  She begins enough usually with a raised bed vegetable garden designed using Permaculture principles.  This she adds a bee hive and chickens, both of which they had experience with the move to Oakland.  The book is divided into three sections-Turkey, rabbits and pigs and the real story begins when they a assorted box of baby meat birds in the mail.  I will ruin the story for you by in much more detail, but suffice it to say that an integral part of the novel notion of urban agriculture is raising animals for food in a way that low impact and sustainable – and then slaughter humane of her animals.  I entertained everyone within earshot with the occasional cry of "ew ... she just cut off head a chicken with pruning shears" and "they now two pigs, they feed by dumpster diving!"  Plus was her emotional journey especially interesting for me because of my recent experiences with harvesting of fish aquaponically my first grown.

This was one of those books that you just hate because you really want a personal relationship with the author by the end have developed.  I along with her a fresh fish dinner ever!

Four fish: the future of the last wild food by Paul Greenberg – We listened to this in the car during our 10 hour drive back and forth to Lake Powell.  This incredible book tells the story of what with the fish in our oceans and waterways by the stories of four species happens: salmon, sea bass, cod and tuna.  The stories and history runs the range of a colorful salmon supplier in Alaska to a harrowing story of surviving a storm in the Mediterranean Sea to the first artificially bred bass fingerlings.  The varied information and storytelling ... but always entertains and is a must read for anyone concerned about the fate of our wild fish.  Plus, the author is a fan of aquaponics and has said the following in a confirmation of my upcoming book "I have always wanted to put my money where my mouth is and figure out how to do sustainable aquaculture in the context of my House Garden."  He is our people.

Next I started Gaias Garden: A Guide to Homescale Permaculture by Toby Hemmenway, but unfortunately, holiday ended so now this next beautiful book is relegated to those rare moments of down-time available in the real world.

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