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Food & Agriculture

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Love Song of the Agave

text and photograph by Douglas Menuez

In the northern Mexican town of Tequila, an unwavering tradition yields a fruit in perfect harmony with its culture.

No Two Alike

by Barbara L. Baer

The strange power of a Soviet-era scientist and his ancient, vanishing fruits

Renewing Husbandry

by Wendell Berry

The time of technology and mechanization in agriculture is fast coming to an end. Now it's time to recover what's been lost.

Grace Before Dinner

by Deborah Madison

Vive la difference! Small food producers from around the world celebrate their diversity as well as the values they share -- like flavor, like fairness. A profile of slow food and local food in Italy by a noted restauranteur.

The Klamath Debacle

by Seth Zuckerman

Protecting endangered fish adversely affects thousands of farmers.

Compromise, Hell!

by Wendell Berry

A nation founded on freedom has become uncharacteristically submissive to those who would destroy it. Here's where we draw the line.

Crimes Unseen

by Dena Jones

The modern slaughterhouse is more brutal than it needs to be. A few practical activists are trying to change that.

Profits of Place

by Josh Harkinson

Is a kinder, gentler form of globalization really possible? Absolutely!

The Agrarian Standard

by Wendell Berry

Agrarianism seems to be losing ground against industrial agriculture, but it remains the only land use practice that is both viable in the long-term and democratic. Twenty-five years after the publication of his seminal work, "The Unsettling of America," Berry examines what has come to pass in the interim.

Microbial Migrations

by Hilary French and Brian Halweil

Two million people cross a national boundary every day, and with them travel food, insects, and the bacteria that cause diseases like foot and mouth. So what can we do about it?

The Monarch Versus the Global Empire

by Peter Sauer

Caught in the same net as other victims of the post-NAFTA trade regime, the butterfly will fly free only when our country learns to honor human rights abroad and at home.

Thoughts in the Presence of Fear

by Wendell Berry

A response to the attacks of 9/11 by Wendell Berry.

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