IN SEARCH OF MEADOWLARKS Birds, Farms, and Food in Harmony with the Land

I started listening to this audiobook on sustainable agriculture while tending my vegetable garden. While that was a pleasant coincidence, one hopes that those most in need of hearing the message of this book will listen and learn from it. Danny Campbell takes an almost conversational tone in his narration. It makes the anecdotes sound like personal stories told among friends yet renders the scientific material accessible to lay listeners. He also varies his pace to fit the material. The author's straightforward style adapts well to audio, and many of the micro-scale lessons are easily applied. Larger scale solutions will require citizen pressure on local, state, and federal governments. The title, by the way, refers to the disappearance of many native grassland songbirds. R.C.G. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE 2020]