The father of the “real food” movement….

Wendell Berry truly is a legend in his own time.  This Kentucky farmer, writer and philospher has been thinking and writing about our land…and our food…longer than anyone I know.  It’s easy to be misled by his gentle nature, as this New York Times writer was, but Berry is a fighter who pulls no punches when the occasion demands.

But first, the introductory article:

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/25-1

Before you leave the article, click on the “good reads” link for a compendium of Berry’s writing.  Or just click here:

http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/8567.Wendell_Berry

Here’s a quote to give you the flavor.  Again, I recommend you read the several pages of excerpts from his writing.

“Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.”