Authors note: pardon me for the explicit show of affection for James Brown and the play on "Pappa's got a new bag." It was damn tasteless.
Let’s get together and get some land, raise our food like the man,
people people, we gotta get over before we go under. Read More »
(Note: This was written about my locality. Hopefully there are many grains you are still able to chew on.) Read More »
“In today’s global food system, what most North Americans eat travels hundreds or even thousands of miles from field to table” --Neva Hassanein (Who’s minding the store 2007:6)
“Long-distance food would be vastly more expensive if oil prices were to rise” --Brian Halweil (Eat Here 2004:140) Read More »
"Hope is not a consumer product. You have to generate your own hope. You do that by demonstrating to yourself that you are brave enough to face reality and competent enough to deal with the circumstances that it presents. Read More »
The title quote, mostly attributed to Jon Stewart and the Daily Show, has been stinging my ears each of the last few nights as I've switched between the televised Minneapolis convention and the online stream of his show. Read More »
As I wander down the street on some ponderous nights, I wonder worthlessly Why all the light? Read More »
As I'm meandering through this Memes an"temes" lecture by Susan Blackmore on TEDtalks.com, I'm suddenly revisited by a thought from earlier this afternoon.
Overview of her talk Read More »
