Comments on: The Unsettling of America http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/03/17/the-unsettling-of-america/ Smart Growth defined: Making the car an option, not a necessity.* Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:40:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: To Cap and Trade or Not To Cap and Trade | hugeasscity http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/03/17/the-unsettling-of-america/#comment-2636 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:50:07 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/03/17/the-unsettling-of-america/#comment-2636 [...] Of course Wendell Berry understood this a long time ago, and stated it more simply and eloquently than I ever could: “If a culture is to hope for any considerable longevity, then the relationships within it must, in recognition of their interdependence, be predominantly cooperative than competitive.” [...] […] Of course Wendell Berry understood this a long time ago, and stated it more simply and eloquently than I ever could: “If a culture is to hope for any considerable longevity, then the relationships within it must, in recognition of their interdependence, be predominantly cooperative than competitive.” […]

]]> by: WHAT ARE People FOR? | hugeasscity http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/03/17/the-unsettling-of-america/#comment-1941 Wed, 07 May 2008 16:02:03 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/03/17/the-unsettling-of-america/#comment-1941 [...] On April 28 the Seattle City Council passed the Local Food Action Initiative. Nineteen years ago Berry wrote an essay called “The Pleasures of Eating,” in which he lists seven things urbanites can do to help mitigate the decline of farming and rural life in the U.S. Well Wendell, I guess we’re finally catching up with you. And so sorry that Michael Pollen is getting all the credit for ideas you (and others) wrote about decades ago. Alas, we Americans have a hard time paying attention to anyone who doesn’t have the intellectual stamp of approval of the New York Times. [...] […] On April 28 the Seattle City Council passed the Local Food Action Initiative. Nineteen years ago Berry wrote an essay called “The Pleasures of Eating,” in which he lists seven things urbanites can do to help mitigate the decline of farming and rural life in the U.S. Well Wendell, I guess we’re finally catching up with you. And so sorry that Michael Pollen is getting all the credit for ideas you (and others) wrote about decades ago. Alas, we Americans have a hard time paying attention to anyone who doesn’t have the intellectual stamp of approval of the New York Times. […]

]]> by: Dan Staley http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/03/17/the-unsettling-of-america/#comment-1166 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:45:59 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/03/17/the-unsettling-of-america/#comment-1166 I have a good fraction of Wendell's books. Wonderful. Did you see where Chipotle is looking to use one of Berry's pals - Polyface Farms - for their local sourcing? I have a good fraction of Wendell’s books. Wonderful.

Did you see where Chipotle is looking to use one of Berry’s pals - Polyface Farms - for their local sourcing?

]]> by: michael http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/03/17/the-unsettling-of-america/#comment-1157 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:40:05 +0000 http://noisetank.com/hugeasscity/2008/03/17/the-unsettling-of-america/#comment-1157 There's not much that this Kentucky farmer hasn't thought of, and cogently articulated... There’s not much that this Kentucky farmer hasn’t thought of, and cogently articulated…

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