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<DIV align=center><B>The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History<BR>Presents<BR>a
Book Discussion on<BR><U>Animal, Vegetable, and Miracle</U> by Barbara
Kingsolver<BR><U>The Omnivore’s Dilemma</U> by Michael Pollan<BR>Thursday,
November 15 1:00 pm<BR></B></DIV> <BR>
<DIV align=center><B>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 23, 2007<BR>Contact: Julie
O’Neil 508-896-3867 or <A
href="mailto:adminsupprt@ccmnh.org">adminsupport@ccmnh.org</A><BR></B></DIV> <BR> <BR>On
Thursday, November 15 at 1:00 pm Susan Marcus, a retired librarian, will lead a
discussion of <U>Animal, Vegetable, and Miracle</U> by Barbara Kingsolver and
<U>The Omnivore’s Dilemma</U> by Michael<B> </B>Pollan at the Cape Cod Museum of
Natural History in Brewster. Admission to the Museum is free for program
attendees. <BR><B> <BR></B>Two experienced authors, Barbara Kingsolver and
Michael Pollan, have published books recently dealing with food, our eating
habits and the environmental impact of our demands. On average, every item of
food that we purchase has traveled at least 1500 miles before we eat
it!<BR> <BR>In <U>Animal, Vegetable, and Miracle</U>, Barbara Kingsolver
tells, in her inimitable style, of her family’s adventure of eating only
locally-produced food for a year, and comments on the eating habits of
Americans. “No matter what else we do or believe, food remains at the center of
every culture. Ours now runs on empty calories.”<BR> <BR>In the tradition
of Rachel Carson’s <U>Silent Spring</U>, Michael Pollan, with <U>The Omnivore’s
Dilemma</U>: a natural history of four meals, contends that we have a “national
eating disorder.”…It is a “thoughtful and engrossing” presentation of the
problem and its solutions.<BR> <BR>Attendees are urged to read at least one
of the books ­but if that is not possible, interested people are still urged
to come. Copies of the book are available at the Clarence Hay Library at the
Museum and Cape public libraries. The Brewster Bookstore will give a 10%
discount on either book with a coupon that can be obtained at the front desk of
the Museum.<BR> <BR><B>For further information, please contact the Cape Cod
Museum of Natural History, <BR>508-896-3867, Ext.
129<BR></B></DIV></BODY></HTML>