Looking for people with a clue? As the Cleu lady, I make it a point to find the cleu’d in people wherever I happen to be. Because I know the kinds of things that people with a clue like to do, I am a really good scout. I can get to a place I’ve never been, and within the first day of being there, I’ll know where to go to find some people who share my values. You can become a good scout too– be observant, friendly, and open to chance encounters. The first step is to find the local natural food stores.

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Along with air, water, and energy, food gives us life, so it is one of our highest values. As a result, Michael Pollan has become one of our favorite authors. An investigative reporter with a naturalist’s eye, he examines our current situation with regard to food. As omnivores, we humans are faced with a daily dilemma: what do we eat? In the The Ominvore’s Dilemma, Michael Pollan investigates the human food chains that represent our modern-day choices: industrial agriculture and animal farming, corporate organic agriculture, local and sustainable farming, and wild food foraging in the style of the hunter-gatherer. His latest book, In Defense of Food offers simple, memorable advice: Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.
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Barbara Kingsolver’s wonderful new book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: a Year of Food Life is about choosing to eat locally and in-season, growing, harvesting, and storing food yourself. It will have you dreaming about living closer to the land and closer to your food. Look for others with a clue to help develop your local food infrastructure.

Francis Moore Lappe got many of us thinking about our food choices. If you’d like to know more about how to eat vegetarian, read her classic, Diet for a Small Planet, now in its 20th edition.

Other great books by Lappe:
Hope’s Edge, Democracy’s Edge, Getting a Grip

Check out the Small Planet institute for more info.