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The idea of a grass-based farm has intrigued me ever since reading Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma. A large portion of the book covers Pollan's experience at Joe Salatin's Polyface Farm in Virginia. I knew moving to Minnesota would place me in the center of farm country, and a quick Google...
I've finished two books since my last update. Ann Patchett's Run and The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. The premise of Run is simple. One evening the former white mayor of Boston is leaving a political rally with hs two adopted black sons in tow. As one son steps of the curb into the path of...
Mark Bittman gave a talk at TED that is making the rounds: It is a speech that inextricably links meat production and environmental and health degradation. It makes the kind of case for vegetarianism that is far more like to sway most current omnivores than the additional arguments I make about...
In the spirit of Earth Day, a wonderful piece by Michael Pollan. There are so many stories we can tell ourselves to justify doing nothing, but perhaps the most insidious is that, whatever we do manage to do, it will be too little too late.
