March 2008


Sunfood Living: Resource Guide for Global Health (Book) by John McCabe (North Atlantic Books, $30)

This encyclopedia-style guide offers practical tips from around the world for leading a healthy and sustainable lifestyle in our industrialized, consumer-driven society. The author illuminates the essential role of food choices and presents concise information on the food shortage myth, pollution caused by farm animals, plant-based food and health, fair trade, heart disease, hunger, and homelessness. The bulk of the book comprises a directory of organizations, publications, and other resources readers can turn to for in-depth information on each topic. This book is a catalyst for action and responsible living—for you and the planet.
—Erica Gehrke

Sadhana (CD)
by Maneesh de Moor
(Sounds True, $16.98)

 Master keyboardist, composer, producer, and former Deva Premal collaborator Maneesh de Moor has created his first solo recording. Sadhana is an ethereal, ambient-ethnic journey into the sensual and the senses. Dutch-born de Moor blends Tibetan chanting, didgeridoo, tamboura, and numerous other instruments with nature sounds wrapped around his masterful sound-sculpting and layering. Inspired by the rituals of the Indian, Tibetan, Yoruba, Native American, and Sufi worlds, this lush aphrodisiac for the soul is easy on the ears and catchy enough to have you humming along even after you’ve unplugged your iPod.
—Bruce Skipper

The Real Dirt on Farmer John (DVD) directed by Taggart Siegel
(Gaiam, $19.99)

This detailed documentary follows the tumultuous life of John Peterson, a Midwest American farmer whose conviction to hold onto the family farm herds him through tough times. With a remarkable amount of back footage that really gives the film legs (Peterson’s mom got a Super-8 in the 1950s and was an avid camerawoman), meet Farmer John as a child on a traditional farm, as a college student who turns the farm into a hippie commune, and as a grown man who, after many near-misses of losing everything, transforms the land and crops into an organic Community Supported Agriculture farm. Al Gore calls this film “unbelievably special.”
—Tamara Letkeman
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