Robin Greenfield
Author of Food Freedom: A Year of Growing and Foraging 100% of My Food
About the Author
Rob Greenfield is an adventurer and environmental activist whose creative campaigns educate and inspire. He's crossed the US twice on a bamboo bicycle, gone a year without showering and dived into over 1,000 dumpsters, all to wake people up to the impact of their daily actions and instigate social show more change. show less
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Food Freedom: A Year of Growing and Foraging 100… by Rob Greenfield
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.I was excited to read the book but was rather disappointed. It's meant for extroverts not introverts like me.
What this book teaches, P.S even though he put disclaimers it felt like I was being scam. Thank goodness I didn't buy the book.
1. You have to be rich enough to have a big backyard. Or worst yet talk to everyone who does, and convince them to let you grow food in their yard in exchange for some of the food. Also a backyard might not be enough to grow enough food to last you all year around. Even he himself said he lost weight, and got tired of eating the same thing.
2. He lives in the perfect climate and he still complains to downplay it. Buddy, I live in Canada, there's nothing that grows here except in the summer. Which is 2 months a year.
3. He doesn't answer the questions of how to grow food, he just list one word or two word action like "I grew such plant today" or "such plant didn't do well." Without going into specifics, it's all just a bunch of generalizations telling instead of showing. This is not a how to, it's a story documented like a journal. It's hilarious but I don't find it funny.
In conclusion, I rather find someone who actually is willing to be more specific and teaches the neat and gritty of what we need.… (more)
What this book teaches, P.S even though he put disclaimers it felt like I was being scam. Thank goodness I didn't buy the book.
1. You have to be rich enough to have a big backyard. Or worst yet talk to everyone who does, and convince them to let you grow food in their yard in exchange for some of the food. Also a backyard might not be enough to grow enough food to last you all year around. Even he himself said he lost weight, and got tired of eating the same thing.
2. He lives in the perfect climate and he still complains to downplay it. Buddy, I live in Canada, there's nothing that grows here except in the summer. Which is 2 months a year.
3. He doesn't answer the questions of how to grow food, he just list one word or two word action like "I grew such plant today" or "such plant didn't do well." Without going into specifics, it's all just a bunch of generalizations telling instead of showing. This is not a how to, it's a story documented like a journal. It's hilarious but I don't find it funny.
In conclusion, I rather find someone who actually is willing to be more specific and teaches the neat and gritty of what we need.… (more)
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.I read this book because I knew about Rob through watching his YouTube videos. I'm grateful that I "met" Rob through his YouTube videos instead of this book first. I was surprised by how much I didn't care for Rob's personality via reading this book. I don't know if it's the blog format or just a lack of explanation in terms of relationships or thoughts, but Rob came off as really insensitive, fanatical, and just annoying. I think that his message of waking people up to climate change and our relationship with the environment is so important.
With that in mind, I think the repetitiveness of the narration is not helpful. I think it would have been great if an editor could have worked with him; to make it more about the relationships and the thoughts, instead of just the mundane activities. I forced myself to finish reading it because I do not believe in writing a review without reading the entire book. Also, I wanted to do it justice because I love watching Rob's videos.
I think the message of the book is important. However, there were many times when it felt very abrasive and condescending. I also felt like there isn't enough talk about the privilege that comes along with what Rob was doing. There's no conversation about how most people with children or disabilities or health problems or who are not white-bodied and male would have a difficult time doing what is being asked of people in this book. Also, as an aside, I found it a bit disturbing the lack of empathy that Rob had for people who would not feel comfortable seeing him naked. Rob didn't seem to take into account children who might not have a positive experience seeing a naked man or women who have a past of sexual trauma who would also not appreciate that. And this was again surprising because that's not the energy that I got from Rob from watching his videos. I feel like he tried to address some of these points via blog post links at the end of the book that however his would have been better if it was integrated into the book itself. I think it's something that could have played a larger part in the book. I feel as though I read a rough draft of a book that could be better.… (more)
With that in mind, I think the repetitiveness of the narration is not helpful. I think it would have been great if an editor could have worked with him; to make it more about the relationships and the thoughts, instead of just the mundane activities. I forced myself to finish reading it because I do not believe in writing a review without reading the entire book. Also, I wanted to do it justice because I love watching Rob's videos.
I think the message of the book is important. However, there were many times when it felt very abrasive and condescending. I also felt like there isn't enough talk about the privilege that comes along with what Rob was doing. There's no conversation about how most people with children or disabilities or health problems or who are not white-bodied and male would have a difficult time doing what is being asked of people in this book. Also, as an aside, I found it a bit disturbing the lack of empathy that Rob had for people who would not feel comfortable seeing him naked. Rob didn't seem to take into account children who might not have a positive experience seeing a naked man or women who have a past of sexual trauma who would also not appreciate that. And this was again surprising because that's not the energy that I got from Rob from watching his videos. I feel like he tried to address some of these points via blog post links at the end of the book that however his would have been better if it was integrated into the book itself. I think it's something that could have played a larger part in the book. I feel as though I read a rough draft of a book that could be better.… (more)
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.Awards
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