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Nature Book Club

• Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Clinton County Cornell Cooperative Extension is proud to partner with Point au Roche State Park to host their Nature Book Club!

Love nature and curious about the world around you? Join our fun, friendly book club where we dive into exciting non-fiction books all about the natural world! Whether it’s wildlife, botany, ecosystems, or the science behind it all, we’ll explore fascinating topics and share our thoughts over great conversation.
Grab a book, bring your love for nature, and come hang out with us!

Book for This Meeting:

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver

“A profound, graceful, and literary work of philosophy and economics, well tempered for our times, and yet timeless... It will change the way you look at the food you put into your body. Which is to say, it can change who you are.” – Boston Globe

Since it's publication more than a decade ago, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle has riveted readers with its blend of memoir and journalistic investigation. Updated with original pieces from the entire Kingsolver clan, this commemorative edition explores how the family's original project has been carried forward through the years. 

When Kingsolver and her family moved from suburban Arizona to rural Appalachia, they took on a new challenge: to spend a year eating a locally-produced diet, paying close attention to the provenance of all they consumed. Concerned about the environmental, social, and physical costs of American food culture, they hoped to recover what Kingsolver considers our nation's lost appreciation for farms and the natural processes of food production. Since 2007, their scheme has evolved enormously. Kingsolver's husband, Steven, discusses how the project grew into a farm-to-table restaurant and community development project training young farmers in their area to move into sustainable food production. Camille Kingsolver writes about her decision to move back to a rural area after college, and how she and her husband incorporate their food values in their lives as they begin their new family. Lily Kingsolver writes about how growing up on a farm, in touch with natural processes and food chains, has shaped her life as a future environmental scientist. And Barbara writes about their sheep, and how they grew into her second vocation as a fiber artist, and reports on the enormous response they've received from other home-growers and local-food devotees. 

With Americans' ever-growing concern over an agricultural establishment that negatively affects our health and environment, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is a modern classic that will endure for years to come.

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Meetings are held at 10:00am the last Wednesday of the month every other month at Cornell Cooperative Extension Clinton County, but are hybrid and can be attended via zoom. Zoom link is listed under "Registration Link," but no registration necessary, free to attend for all. Passcode for Zoom meeting is our office phone number with no symbols or spaces. Voting for the next book is chosen at this meeting. In partnership with Point au Roche State Park, contact Kristin Collins at kristin.collins@parks.ny.gov or at (518) 563-0369 for questions pertaining to the park. 

Fee

$0.00

Register

https://cornell.zoom.us/j/95094214857?pwd=941acttR2Di5mHglZ2oR8UxQT3YCnW.1

Location

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Clinton County
6064 State Route 22
Plattsburgh , NY 12901

Last updated March 3, 2025