Food
Security for the Faint Heart
by Robin Wheeler
There
are books you merely read. There are books you read, recommend
to others and pass along. Then there are those books you read,
lay aside, jump to your feet, throw your hands in the air, and
holler, "Yes!!" Food Security for the Faint of Heart
is one of the latter.
Robin Wheeler has managed to extract logic from hysteria, package
it with a strong environmental perspective, an abundance of practical
suggestions and enough good humour to make this a must-have for
every soul interested in surviving whatever natural disaster comes
along.
Wheeler wastes no time in addressing the central theme of her
book: Anything can happen so you better be prepared--and here's
how. In her impressive list of "Good Things to Have in an
Emergency", she catalogues essential items, including lesser
touted items such as cooking oil and salt.
If Wheeler has done anything by writing this book, she's pulled
thr proverbial rug from under our feet when it ocmes to excuses
for not eating well through any disaster. Reviewed by Linda Wegner,
Country LIfe in BC
Where
would you find your groceries if your supermarket’s shelves
were suddenly empty? The threat of earthquakes, trucker strikes,
power outages, or a global market collapse makes us vulnerable
like never before. With spiraling fuel prices and unstable world
economies, individuals and communities are demanding more control
over their food supply.
Food
Security for the Faint of Heart is designed to gently ease readers
into a more empowered place so that shocks to our food supply
can be handled confidently. As well as acquiring new skills and
ideas, there are other compelling reasons to get better prepared.
The local economy gains support and encouragement to expand, in
turn boosting food’s taste and nutritional value, along
with the health of people and ecosystems. Community support helps
low-income families eat higher quality food, and the preparation
provides a psychological edge in an emergency.
Chapters
are devoted to useful, transferable skills, including:
Preserving
garden food
Saving freezer food during a power outage
Managing through an earthquake
Preparing quick herbal medicinals
Foraging for wild food
A humorous treatment of a sometimes threatening topic, this book
will appeal to both long-time food security advocates and newcomers
to the topic who are wary of it all and would prefer to avoid
it.
