Essay by Wendell Berry about what consumers can do to eat sustainably.http://www.ecoliteracy.org/essays/pleasures-eating
Berry, Wendell. "In Distrust of Movements." The Irresistible Fleet of Bicycles. Web. 26 Sept. 2010. <http://thegreenhorns.wordpress.com/essays/essay-in-distrust-of-movements-by-wendell-berry/>.
Another Berry essay about escaping the need to create a movement.
http://thegreenhorns.wordpress.com/essays/essay-in-distrust-of-movements-by-wendell-berry/
Wes Jackson is a friend of Wendell Berry and he began The Land Institute that encourages sustainable farming through mimic of nature's natural ecosystems.
Jackson, Wes. New Roots for Agriculture. San Francisco: Friends of the Earth, 1980. Print.
I'm making pretty good progress on Omnivore's Dilemma. Which is good because I have so many other books I want to read that I have no idea how I am going to read them all. The more I think about it the more I would like to be able to create a website where you click on the food in question and a complete history, from farm to table, is given. I'm not entirely sure if this has already been done. I just searched google really quick and didn't see anything like it. My other problem is that I have no idea how to make a website. Also, if I did make a website, I would want it to look nice...not like a third grader made it. This week, or maybe next since we have individual conferences, I might ask one of our lovely graphic design students. They would be able to tell me how impossible my idea is. I put several books on hold at the library. But, mostly I want to really focus on Omnivore's Dilemma and hopefully finish it before next weekend, so I can start a new book. If I go through with the website idea (or really it could be a blog because blogs are free) I will need to talk to a lot of people regarding exactly where the food has been. I feel like the beginning and end will be easy to find. But the middle will be trickier. I'm still wrestling with adding the treatment of animals in slaughter houses and feedlots into my study. I'm very passionate about the animals. But, I really want this to be a science based project instead of psychology. But, there may be room in the history of the food we eat to also give a glimpse into what the animals have to go through.
Michael Pollan says that anyone who eats meat should be able to experience the killing of an animal with their own hands at least once in their life. They should know what it feels like to end other animal's life to provide sustenance for yourself. I would never be able to kill an animal myself. I got queasy when he wrote about killing chickens...I guess that's why I'm a vegetarian. But, I respect the person that is able to hunt for themselves.
Berry, Wendell. "In Distrust of Movements." The Irresistible Fleet of Bicycles. Web. 26 Sept. 2010. <http://thegreenhorns.wordpress.com/essays/essay-in-distrust-of-movements-by-wendell-berry/>.
Another Berry essay about escaping the need to create a movement.
http://thegreenhorns.wordpress.com/essays/essay-in-distrust-of-movements-by-wendell-berry/
Wes Jackson is a friend of Wendell Berry and he began The Land Institute that encourages sustainable farming through mimic of nature's natural ecosystems.
Jackson, Wes. New Roots for Agriculture. San Francisco: Friends of the Earth, 1980. Print.
I'm making pretty good progress on Omnivore's Dilemma. Which is good because I have so many other books I want to read that I have no idea how I am going to read them all. The more I think about it the more I would like to be able to create a website where you click on the food in question and a complete history, from farm to table, is given. I'm not entirely sure if this has already been done. I just searched google really quick and didn't see anything like it. My other problem is that I have no idea how to make a website. Also, if I did make a website, I would want it to look nice...not like a third grader made it. This week, or maybe next since we have individual conferences, I might ask one of our lovely graphic design students. They would be able to tell me how impossible my idea is. I put several books on hold at the library. But, mostly I want to really focus on Omnivore's Dilemma and hopefully finish it before next weekend, so I can start a new book. If I go through with the website idea (or really it could be a blog because blogs are free) I will need to talk to a lot of people regarding exactly where the food has been. I feel like the beginning and end will be easy to find. But the middle will be trickier. I'm still wrestling with adding the treatment of animals in slaughter houses and feedlots into my study. I'm very passionate about the animals. But, I really want this to be a science based project instead of psychology. But, there may be room in the history of the food we eat to also give a glimpse into what the animals have to go through.
Michael Pollan says that anyone who eats meat should be able to experience the killing of an animal with their own hands at least once in their life. They should know what it feels like to end other animal's life to provide sustenance for yourself. I would never be able to kill an animal myself. I got queasy when he wrote about killing chickens...I guess that's why I'm a vegetarian. But, I respect the person that is able to hunt for themselves.
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