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Eating on a mountain at the end of the world : how I found love, humor, and beauty in my quest for ethical food / Zackary Vernon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vernon, Zackary, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vernon, Zackary.
- Food--Social aspects.
- Food.
- Food--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Food consumption--Moral and ethical aspects--North Carolina--Boone.
- Food consumption.
- Food supply--Social aspects--North Carolina--Boone.
- Food supply.
- Food sovereignty--North Carolina--Boone.
- Food sovereignty.
- Food supply--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Food supply--Social aspects.
- North Carolina.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Other Title:
- How I found love, humor, and beauty in my quest for ethical food
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- When Zackary Vernon moved to the Appalachian town of Boone, North Carolina, he had a goal: to make more ethical food choices.Soon he was working on an organic farm; volunteering at a pay-what-you-can restaurant; and interviewing a range of people, from fishermen and farmers to biologists and even reality television star Eustace Conway.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Eating on a mountain at the end of the world
- Dancing with nature: Eustace Conway and the allure of living off the land
- Mend it: Judson Conway and the ethics of trout fishing
- Against the grain: Agricultural stewardship and the problem of scale
- F.A.R.M. Cafe: Feeding the hungry and building community
- Disjunctions from the coastal plain: Putting down roots in an era of climate crisis.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (JSTOR, viewed on October 6, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Vernon, Zackary. Eating on a mountain at the end of the world.
- ISBN:
- 9781469695549
- 1469695545
- 9781469695532
- 1469695537
- 9781469683218
- 1469683210
- OCLC:
- 1586766395
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000379788
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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