Long before organic produce was available at local supermarkets, Berry was Farming with the purity of Food in mind.
The essays address such concerns as: How does organic measure up against locally grown? What are the differences between small and large farms, and how does that affect what you put on your dinner table? What can you do to support sustainable agriculture?.
Drawn from over thirty years of work, this collection joins bestsellers The Omnivore\'s Dilemma , by Pollan, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle , by Barbara Kingsolver, as essential reading for anyone who cares about what they eat.
In recognition of that influence, Michael Pollan here offers an introduction to this wonderful collection that is essential reading for anyone who cares about what they eat.
For the last five decades, Berry has embodied mindful eating through his land practices and his writing.
Indeed, we are all players in the Food economy.
Eating is an agriculture act, he writes.
A progenitor of the slow Food movement, Wendell Berry reminds us all to take the time to understand the basics of what we ingest.
Only a farmer could delve so deeply into the origins of food, and only a writer of Wendell Berry\'s caliber could convey it with such conviction and eloquence.
Drawn from more than 30 years of work, this collection is essential reading for anyone who cares about what they eat.
Long before organic produce was available at local supermarkets, Berry was Farming with the purity of Food in mind
