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Bonnie Bucqueroux's Podcast Bonnie Bucqueroux
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Saving Civilization One Tomato at a Time by author Bonnie Bucqueroux is part memoir and part call to action. She uses the reality and the symbol of the tomato to talk about the challenge in feeding ourselves during the coming chaos. Chapter One explores growing up in an ethnic urban neighborhood at the end of World War II and planting a Victory Garden.
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Saving Civilization One Tomato at a Time - Chapter 3
This memoir chapter recounts the times young Bonnie accompanied her grandmother on mushrooming expeditions at Gordon Park in Cleveland until a family trauma ended those visits. Themes and issues include immigration, poverty, ethnic identity, the role of women, divorce, and suicide.
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Saving Civilization One Tomato at a Time - Chapter 2
Changing the paradigm. Author Bonnie Bucqueroux explains why it is urgent for women to save civilization one tomato at a time: why food? why women? why listen to her?
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Saving Civilization One Tomato at a Time - Chapter 1
Combining memoir with a call to action, author Bonnie Bucqueroux uses the symbol and reality of the tomato to explore how we can feed ourselves during the coming chaos. In Chapter One, the author discusses growing up in an ethic urban neighborhood near the end of World War II and planting a Victory Garden in her sandbox.