“Hewitt is an amiable skeptic and a storyteller of rare skill who seems incapable of crafting a dull sentence.” — Barry Estabrook, Politics of the Plate/TheAtlantic.com
“These pages are full of charac- ters: charismatic leaders, philosophers, quiet activists. It’s a brave and well-reported book; these are, after all, his neighbors.” — The Los Angeles Times
“The Town that Food Saved (Rodale, $25) is among the most engaging, thoughtful, and manure-stained-honest appraisals of local agriculture and edibles since Michael Pollan rocketed to cult fame with a seven-word manifesto about plants…It celebrates the possible and the necessary, it reveals the wonderful relationships and connections borne of an almost-complete local food system, but doesnt shy from the enormity and messiness of the task…Town will resonate with those of us who grasp the enormity of our challenge, those of us who turn soil and try to embrace change, but who still have one foot firmly planted in the cereal aisle at Safeway. An impressive debut.” — Glave.com
