This was my first Goodall read and, frankly, I was disappointed. The book had stirred up some controversy before publication for being poorly researched, drawing some of its information from Wikipedia and other unreliable websites. I expected Goodall to cite the book heavily in order to counter these accusations, but there is not one citation to be seen. So how exactly do I know that a vegetable grown in Nebraska has to travel 500 miles just to end up at the local Nebraska Wal-Mart? Is that true, or is it something picked from a second-rate website with no editorial value? Not only that, but Goodall seems to base quite a few of her assertions on anecdotes and secondhand observations. Other times, Goodall seemed to contradict herself, lamenting technology such as chemical fertilizer yet lauding silicate soil; encouraging native peoples to go back to their original diets, yet telling stories of how she improved the lives of Africans by bringing them certain farming implements. While the book was an easy read and entertaining at times, I would recommend reading something by the more experienced food writers, such as Michael Pollan and skipping this compendium of questionable source material.