farming

The first supermarket supposedly appeared on the American landscape in 1946. That is not very long ago. Until then, where was all the food? Dear folks, the food was in homes, gardens, local fields, and forests. It was near kitchens, near tables, near bedsides. It was in the pantry, the cellar, the backyard.

I could go to a dozen houses, scrape away the dirt, and find his footprints, but my own prints evaporated before I ever looked back.

Why does no one speak of the cultural advantages of the country? For example, is a well groomed, ecologically kept, sustainably fertile farm any less cultural, any less artful, than paintings of fat angels on church ceilings?

Someone told me once, __t__ time to get you a pair of overalls, boy._ But I don__ believe in summing up nothin_ _ I let my experiences speak for themselves _ and even if I did, a synopsis should be singular. That__ why every time I go out to work in the fields, I work naked. It lets my neighbors speak of my experiences for me.