Sheep have Devoured the People
If firstly, we glance around us, and then secondly into history, we’ll not escape the problems of sheep.
If firstly, we glance around us, and then secondly into history, we’ll not escape the problems of sheep.
How much would you pay for an antibiotic to save your life, or that of a close family member or friend, £10, £100, £1,000, £10,000, even more?
When we fail to take account of and design food experiences to meet both physical and social needs, I believe we are guilty of a terrible form of food waste.
Is there another profession in our society that is, or perhaps should be, treated with the same respect and appreciation that we usually afford our religious ministers? I say yes, and it is another ancient profession: the farmer.
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Nitrogen is absolutely crucial to life — an indispensable ingredient of DNA, proteins and essentially all living tissue — yet it also can choke the life out of aquatic ecosystems, destroy trees and sicken people when it shows up in excess at the wrong place, at the wrong time, in the wrong form.
It amazed me how easy it was to shift from asking what an institution could do to do the right thing by food, to what an institution could do for itself if it had a more dynamic appreciation of food.
Every home with a lawn becomes a potential farm.
Locally Laid Egg Company is a family-run farm in Wrenshall, Minnesota that is hoping to redefine farm-to-table eggs, championing the agriculture of the middle, and finding ways to strengthen rural economies.
These Black farmers don’t stop at healthy food. They’re healing trauma, instilling collective values, and changing the way their communities think about the land.
No scheme, no data, just a simple conviction that producing, eating with love, and sharing with neighbors just might help feed the world.
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