{"product_id":"the-deepest-roots-kathleen-alcalza-9780295999388","title":"The Deepest Roots: Finding Food and Community on a Pacific Northwest Island","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs friends began \"going back to the land\" at the same time that a health issue emerged, Kathleen Alcalá set out to reexamine her relationship with food at the most local level. Remembering her parents, Mexican immigrants who grew up during the Depression, and the memory of planting, growing, and harvesting fresh food with them as a child, she decided to explore the history of the Pacific Northwest island she calls home. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Deepest Roots\u003c\/i\u003e, Alcalá walks, wades, picks, pokes, digs, cooks, and cans, getting to know her neighbors on a much deeper level. Wanting to better understand how we once fed ourselves, and acknowledging that there may be a future in which we could need to do so again, she meets those who experienced the Japanese American internment during World War II, and learns the unique histories of the blended Filipino and Native American community, the fishing practices of the descendants of Croatian immigrants, and the Suquamish elder who shares with her the food legacy of the island itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining memoir, historical records, and a blueprint for sustainability, \u003ci\u003eThe Deepest Roots\u003c\/i\u003e shows us how an island population can mature into responsible food stewards and reminds us that innovation, adaptation, diversity, and common sense will help us make wise decisions about our future. And along the way, we learn how food is intertwined with our present but offers a path to a better understanding of the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWatch the book trailer: https: \/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OFG8MpTo_ZU\u0026amp;feature=youtu.be\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen Alcalá\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0295999381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295999388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.80w x 1.20d","brand":"Kathleen Alcalá","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46685595533567,"sku":"9780295999388","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a9e0089e-2f8c-4f1f-9b54-7f1e3664f36e.jpg?v=1741726195","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-deepest-roots-kathleen-alcalza-9780295999388","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}