Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Berry, Wendell / Pollan, Michael, PUBLISHER: Counterpoong>inong>t LLC, Only a farmer could delve so deeply ong>inong>ong>toong> ong>theong> origong>inong>s of ong>foodong>, and only a writer of Wendell Berry's caliber could convey it with such conviction and eloquence. Long before organic produce was available at your local song>upong>ermarket, Berry was farmong>inong>g with ong>theong> purity of ong>foodong> ong>inong> mong>inong>d. For ong>theong> last five decades, Berry has embodied mong>inong>dful eatong>inong>g through his land practices and his writong>inong>g. ong>Inong> recognition of that ong>inong>fluence, Michael Pollan here offers an ong>inong>troduction ong>toong> this wonderful collection. Drawn from more than thirty years of work, this collection joong>inong>s bestsellers ong>Theong> Omnivore's Dilemma, by Pollan, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara Kong>inong>gsolver, as essential readong>inong>g for anyone who cares about what ong>theong>y eat. ong>Theong> essays address such concerns as: ong>Howong> does organic measure ong>upong> agaong>inong>st locally ong>growong>n? What are ong>theong> differences between small and large farms, and ong>howong> does that affect what you put on your dong>inong>ner table? What can you do ong>toong> song>upong>port sustaong>inong>able agriculture? A progeniong>toong>r of ong>theong> Slow ong>Foodong> movement, Wendell Berry remong>inong>ds us all ong>toong> take ong>theong> time ong>toong> understand ong>theong> basics of what we ong>inong>gest. "Eatong>inong>g is an agricultural act," he writes. ong>Inong>deed, we are all players ong>inong> ong>theong> ong>foodong> economy.