Agrarian philosophy, a compelling worldview with advocates around the globe, encourages us to develop practices and policies that promote the sustainable health of the land, community, and culture. In this remarkable anthology are 15 essays from Wendell Berry, Vandana Shiva, Wes Jackson, Gene Logsdon, Brian Donahue, Eric Freyfogle, David Orr, and others. The Essential Agrarian Reader calls us to celebrate the gifts of the earth, through honest work and respect for the land.
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"Before I had read this book, I would have hesitated to suggest that one's relationship to the land, to consumption and food, is a religious matter. But it's true; the decision to attend to the health of one's habitat and food chain is a spiritual choice. It's also a political choice, a scientific one, a personal and convivial one."
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Norman Wirzba, associate professor and chair of the philosophy department at Georgetown College, is the author of The Paradise of God: Renewing Religion in an Ecological Age and editor of The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry.
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This collection of writings provides a full spectrum of academic approaches to the subject of living on earth - sustainably. It identifies the consequences of choices, those that are, ultimately, unsustainable, and those that could lead to a liveable future.
The fact that my copy was eagerly borrowed by a graduate student economist will serve as an indication of its value and relevance.
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I'm only about half way through but I think it's okay. Maybe a bit self-satisified. My Dad from Massachsetts, much more conservative, hated it and found it unreadable. He particularly complained about the article on growing food on the commons; it was in Weston, MA - one of the richest towns in a rich state, which lost all credibility.
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Did not like, thought stories were full of Idealistic nonsense. Unrealistic options for the family farmer.
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New Urbanists, Wendell Berry, Sierra Club, United States, Green Revolution, New Urbanism, New York, Clean Water Act, New England, Third World, World War, San Francisco, Aldo Leopold, Vandana Shiva, World Bank, Gene Logsdon, Benjamin Franklin, Brian Donahue, Harvard University Press, Land Institute, New Delhi, North America, Wes Jackson, Marinette County, Oxford University Press New!
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- Life Is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition by Wendell Berry on page 97, page 180, and Back Matter
- The Inward Morning by Henry Greenwood Bugbee on page 80, and page 97
- Property Rights: Volume 11, Part 2 (Social Philosophy and Policy) (v. 11, Pt. 2) by Ellen Frankel Paul on page 237, and page 257
- For The Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future by Herman E. Daly on page 51, and page 78
- What Are People For?: Essays by Wendell Berry on page 120, and Back Matter
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- The Landscape of Reform: Civic Pragmatism and Environmental Thought in America by Ben A. Minteer in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- From the Farm to the Table: What All Americans Need to Know about Agriculture (Culture of the Land) by Gary Holthaus in Back Matter
- Living the Sabbath: Discovering the Rhythms of Rest and Delight (The Christian Practice of Everyday Life) by Norman Wirzba in Back Matter
- All Flesh Is Grass: Pleasures & Promises Of Pasture Farming by Gene Logsdon in Front Matter
- What Democracy Looks Like: A New Critical Realism for a Post-Seattle World by Amy Schrager Lang on page 192
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