As friends began "going back to the land" at the same time that a
health issue emerged, Kathleen Alcala 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. In The Deepest Roots, Alcala
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. Combining memoir, historical
records, and a blueprint for sustainability, The Deepest Roots
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. Watch
the book trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFG8MpTo_ZU&feature=youtu.be
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