The Essays in The Gift of Good Land are as true today as when they were first published in 1981; the problems addressed here are still with us and the solutions no nearer to hand.
We have it only on loan and only for as long as we practice Good stewardship..
In the title essay, the author examines our Judeo-Christian heritage to discover parallels with the Buddhist doctrine of -right livelihood- or -right occupation.- He develops the compelling argument that the -gift- of Good land has strings attached.
Berry lists fourteen critical standards for solving agriCultural problems that can just as easily be used as standards for solving personal and family problems.
In -Solving for Pattern, - Mr.
The twenty-four Essays in this collection cover a variety of subjects; the author\'s journeys to the Peruvian Andes, to the desert of southern Arizona, and to Amish country to study the evolution of ancient native agriCultural practices.
We live in one functioning organism whose separate parts are artificially isolated by our culture.
To touch one is to tamper with them all.
One of the insistent themes of this book is the interdependence, the wholeness, the oneness of people, the land, weather, animals, and family.
The Essays in The Gift of Good Land are as true today as when they were first published in 1981; the problems addressed here are still with us and the solutions no nearer to hand
