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The Vegan Book of Permaculture: Recipes for Healthy Eating and Earthright Living
How we eat is such a fundamental part of what we are; yet, in our present time-poor culture of prepackaged fast foods, food can become an expensive symptom of alienation and disempowerment. It doesn't have to be this way! The Vegan Book of Permaculture gives us the tools and confidence to take responsibility for our lives and actions. Creating a good meal, either for ourselves or to share, taking time to prepare fresh, wholesome home- or locally grown ingredients with care and respect can be a deeply liberating experience. It is also a way of taking back some control from the advertising agencies and multinational corporations.
In this groundbreaking and original book, Graham demonstrates how understanding universal patterns and principles, and applying these to our own gardens and lives, can make a very real difference to both our personal lives and the health of our planet. This also isn't so very different from the compassionate concern for -animals, people, and environment- of the vegan way.
Interspersed with an abundance of delicious, healthy, and wholesome exploitation-free recipes, Graham provides solutions-based approaches to nurturing personal effectiveness and health, eco-friendly living, home and garden design, veganic food growing, reforestation strategies, forest gardening, reconnection with wild nature, and community regeneration with plenty of practical ways to be well fed with not an animal dead! This is vegan living at its best.
In this groundbreaking and original book, Graham demonstrates how understanding universal patterns and principles, and applying these to our own gardens and lives, can make a very real difference to both our personal lives and the health of our planet. This also isn't so very different from the compassionate concern for -animals, people, and environment- of the vegan way.
Interspersed with an abundance of delicious, healthy, and wholesome exploitation-free recipes, Graham provides solutions-based approaches to nurturing personal effectiveness and health, eco-friendly living, home and garden design, veganic food growing, reforestation strategies, forest gardening, reconnection with wild nature, and community regeneration with plenty of practical ways to be well fed with not an animal dead! This is vegan living at its best.
304 pages, Paperback
First published October 15, 2014
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August 24, 2024
The book of Life!
June 19, 2020
I really enjoyed reading The Vegan Book of Permaculture. As a person passionate about cooking and living in harmony with nature, it's definitely a book that I keep on my kitchen shelf.
The structure of the book follows the zone pattern. Each chapter discusses a particular zone, from your kitchen to the wilderness, and includes simple, health recipes with the harvests of that area. Graham's ethical view excludes domesticated animals from his permaculture systems and therefore the book is suitable for vegans too.
One thing I didn't like about the book was that many recipes required the use of the oven. Even for dehydrating foods, the author suggests to use the oven with the door open. I find this approach an unnecessary waste of resources. (Certainly in winter times, by stacking functions, the oven can also be used to heat up the kitchen area.) I wish I found more recipes about raw and fermented products.
The book is primarily intended for people who are somewhat new to permaculture or looking for a cookbook with simple recipes in which they can use their garden crops.
The structure of the book follows the zone pattern. Each chapter discusses a particular zone, from your kitchen to the wilderness, and includes simple, health recipes with the harvests of that area. Graham's ethical view excludes domesticated animals from his permaculture systems and therefore the book is suitable for vegans too.
One thing I didn't like about the book was that many recipes required the use of the oven. Even for dehydrating foods, the author suggests to use the oven with the door open. I find this approach an unnecessary waste of resources. (Certainly in winter times, by stacking functions, the oven can also be used to heat up the kitchen area.) I wish I found more recipes about raw and fermented products.
The book is primarily intended for people who are somewhat new to permaculture or looking for a cookbook with simple recipes in which they can use their garden crops.
February 4, 2021
this is a great read. certainly challenged me to be a better gardener and a more conscious consumer. thought much of this book inspired me and put words to feelings i have, i would not be so quick as to adopt vegan permaculture as my ideology. though i think it offers concrete, practical, and sometimes accessible solutions to the modern world's problems,i think it leans a bit too "neat and tidy" in it's problem solving. it is certainly missing cultural and class based wisdoms for burnett does not fully consider people who aren't cishet, landowning, white men in britain. overall, however, i think it is a excellent read and will open your eyes to how "systems" can work. in the very least it will offer readers the opportunity to be more imaginative about a better world for all.
April 10, 2023
Such an incredible book. So easy to read and a must have for anyone looking to getting into growing food or foraging (vegan or not). It’s extra special because Graham only lives around the corner from me so was extra relatable!
October 31, 2019
Easy read. Really enjoyable.
Basic introduction into permaculture with the aspect of veganism which I loved.
I will be certainly coming back to this book for reference and recipes.
Basic introduction into permaculture with the aspect of veganism which I loved.
I will be certainly coming back to this book for reference and recipes.
June 24, 2022
An important piece of the puzzle for what a sustainable future for humanity can/will/must look like.
I will be referring to it often as I work to develop my and my community's food self-sufficiency.
I will be referring to it often as I work to develop my and my community's food self-sufficiency.
July 17, 2022
What a powerful upbeat book! I was positively surprised to find the very helpful recipes included in the associated chapters related to growing some of the ingredients.
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