Just finished this book a few days ago. A fun story of a farmer touring sustainable farms for a summer. Interesting reading about the different farms from a farmer's perspective. He's very gracious and is able to see the hope and passion in each farmer's life. Here are a few quotes I like:
“People’s perception of scale is influenced by the relatively recent idea that farms should be big and far away from the communities they serve.... As a society, we no longer have a concept of what an appropriate community-based scale would be for our farms. They have become factories cranking out product, reducing valuable living soil to an inert medium for holding plants up in the air and turning independent farmers into cogs in a corporate machine.” p.119
(quoting Tom Willey), “ ‘We must consider it a scientific fact that you are what you eat, the same molecules that make up the food we consume become the molecules of our minds and bodies. So, unless you are your own farmer, you should choose one as carefully as you would choose your doctor or your pastor. Therefore, it is fitting that farmers, like doctors, lawyers, professors, and pastors, should command a high level of respect and income, commensurate with this level of responsibility. I consider it an honor and a privilege that you have chosen me to be your farmer.’” p. 74
