{"product_id":"9781641609388","title":"Restoring Eden: Unearthing the Agribusiness Secret That Poisoned My Farming Community","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A beautifully descriptive, lyrical immersion in the natural world that’s coupled with a detective story, reminiscent of Rachel Carson’s \u003ci\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003c\/b\u003e — \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2023 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award Winner\u003cbr\u003e 2024 Nautilus Book Awards - Restorative Earth Practices, Silver Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll spring, Dr. Elizabeth Hilborn watched as her family fruit farm of many years became increasingly diminished, suffering from a lack of bees.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The plentiful wildlife, so abundant just weeks before, was gone. Everything was still, silent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As an environmental scientist trained to investigate disease outbreaks, she rose to the challenge. Step by step, day by day, despite facing headwinds from skeptical neighbors, environmental experts, and agricultural consultants, she’d assembled information. Her observations provided a framework, a timeline to explain the evidence she’d collected.\u003cbr\u003e The chemicals found in her water samples showed beyond any doubt that not only her farm, but her greater farming community, was at risk from toxic chemicals that travelled with rain water over the land, into water, and deep within the soil. Hilborn was given a front row seat to the insect apocalypse.\u003cbr\u003e Even as a scientist, she’d been unaware of the risks to life from some common agricultural chemicals. Her goal was to protect her farm and the animals who lived there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But first she had to convince her rural neighbors of the risk to their way of life, too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lyrical celebration of nature by a passionate citizen scientist who felt called to advocate for the land, earth, and creatures who don’t have a voice, \u003ci\u003eRestoring Eden\u003c\/i\u003e ultimately offers hope that citizens can create change, that reform is possible.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Chicago Review Press, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42371213099069,"sku":"9781641609388","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781641609388_p0.jpg?v=1771589989","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781641609388","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}