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- Gina Kaufmann
- Username: LadyK
- Location: Kansas City, Missouri
- Joined PRX: Apr 17, 2006
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- "Eating Close to Home"
- Summary: Bill McKibben decides to eat only food grown locally. In the winter. In Vermont.
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Review of Eating Close to Home
Gina Kaufmann
Posted on February 23, 2006 at 01:36 PM
I like this piece a lot. The writing is good, and the piece is personal and annecdotal while managing to maintain relevance all the way through. Most importantly, I leave wanting to find out more about local farms in my own region, what is produced there and how it tastes. So it's successful on a basic level. And the interviews are really animated and personable. The voicing is a little rough at points... mostly near the beginning, before he gets so excited by the story that he loosens up and just tells it. Near the beginning, there are mouth-smacking noises and the pace is kind of slow. My only other criticism is that the point, the conclusion, is repeated a few times. I think it would be powerful if he just stated his point once and then got out. But really good. Really informative. The listener gets more from it than just the quaint story of a guy who did an experiment for a food magazine.