Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food by Wendell Berry

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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. A progenitor of the slow food movement, Wendell Berry reminds us all to take the time to understand the basics of what we ingest. "Eating is an agriculture act," he writes. Indeed, we are all players in the food economy. For the last five decades, Berry has embodied mindful eating through his land practices and his writing. 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.

 

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. 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?

 

Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Part I. Farming -- Nature as Measure -- Stupidity in Concentration -- Agricultural Solutions for Agricultural Problems -- A Defense of the Family Farm -- Let the Farm Judge -- Energy in Agriculture -- Conservationist and Agrarian -- Sanitation and the Small Farm -- Renewing Husbandry -- Part II. Farmers -- Seven Amish Farms -- A Good Farmer of the Old School -- Charlie Fisher -- A Talent for Necessity -- Elmer Lapp's Place -- On The Soil and Health -- Agriculture from the Roots Up -- Part III. Food -- Author's Note -- From That Distant Land -- From Hannah Coulter -- From Andy Catlett -- From Misery -- From The Memory of Old Jack -- From Jayber Crow -- From Hannah Coulter -- The Pleasures of Eating.

Wendell Berry is the author of fifty books of poetry, fiction, and essays. He was recently awarded the Cleanth Brooks Medal for Lifetime Achievement by the Fellowship of Southern Writers and the Louis Bromfield Society Award. For over forty years he has lived and farmed with his wife, Tanya, in Kentucky.

Counterpoint LLC

Pub Date: August 18, 2009

0.69" H x 9.14" L x 5.96" W

256 pages

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