Comments on: Listening to Wendell Berry http://civileats.com/2009/02/20/listening-to-wendell-berry/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:08:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: paula http://civileats.com/2009/02/20/listening-to-wendell-berry/comment-page-1/#comment-2210 paula Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:48:10 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=2266#comment-2210 Wendell Berry's ideas remind me of Masanobu Fukuoka's no-till agriculture described in "One Straw Revolution". Those interested in a more natural approach should read that book, even though it's a little hard to find. I eventually found it via bn.com. It is true that constantly plowing our land damages it, disrupting the natural structure that is created by the organisms in the living soil. Thanks for alerting us to W. B.'s comments, Mark. I always respect what he has to say. Wendell Berry’s ideas remind me of Masanobu Fukuoka’s no-till agriculture described in “One Straw Revolution”. Those interested in a more natural approach should read that book, even though it’s a little hard to find. I eventually found it via bn.com.

It is true that constantly plowing our land damages it, disrupting the natural structure that is created by the organisms in the living soil.

Thanks for alerting us to W. B.’s comments, Mark. I always respect what he has to say.

]]> By: Robert http://civileats.com/2009/02/20/listening-to-wendell-berry/comment-page-1/#comment-2207 Robert Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:57:47 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=2266#comment-2207 I just finished reading The Unsettling of America. It articulated ideas and thoughts that I could never put into words myself, but were certainly bouncing around in my head. I am one of those aspiring young farmers, returning to the land. We're in the middle of buying our first blank 40 acres to start a small family farm, the way it was meant to be. The sooner I am out of this corporate hell that I participate in now and get reconnected to the land, the better. I just finished reading The Unsettling of America. It articulated ideas and thoughts that I could never put into words myself, but were certainly bouncing around in my head.

I am one of those aspiring young farmers, returning to the land. We’re in the middle of buying our first blank 40 acres to start a small family farm, the way it was meant to be. The sooner I am out of this corporate hell that I participate in now and get reconnected to the land, the better.

]]> By: Susie http://civileats.com/2009/02/20/listening-to-wendell-berry/comment-page-1/#comment-2156 Susie Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:35:56 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=2266#comment-2156 Mark, Thank you for this. I was there at the conference and I, too, wish more folks would listen to Wendell Berry. I find the biggest message I get from him is how connected we all are to the land (whether we want to be or not) and that if we don't take care of it, we are not taking care of ourselves. Susie Mark, Thank you for this. I was there at the conference and I, too, wish more folks would listen to Wendell Berry. I find the biggest message I get from him is how connected we all are to the land (whether we want to be or not) and that if we don’t take care of it, we are not taking care of ourselves. Susie

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