‘Eating Is an Agricultural Act’

The Wendell Berry quote that frames Michael Pollan’s environmental writing

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Eating is an agricultural act.
— Wendell Berry

I’m not a farmer. Or a gardener. And I wouldn’t even call myself a decent potted-planter. I like the idea of becoming a gardener, though. The same way I liked the idea of becoming a baker: because fresh bread is…