Wild Idea

The way this book weaves the story of the buffalo into the push for better food policy is genuinely eye-opening—I found myself rereading passages on the legislative details just to let them sink in. It’s the rare kind of read that makes you feel both smarter and more hopeful about what’s on our plat

I was skeptical that a book could make me care about federal food policy, but the way it weaves the bison’s story into that argument kept me turning pages past midnight. The prose is surprisingly warm for such a heavy topic, and I’ve already recommended it to two friends who cook.

The chapters on the American bison’s comeback are what really hooked me, weaving history and policy into a genuinely compelling narrative about our food system. I finished it feeling both more informed and more hopeful about what we eat.