This is one in a series of short essays related to Myers’ work as a Forager for a chef in New York City. Each essay is focused simply on sharing something she has learned through her work, and is followed by photos taken while on the job.
My job is entitled Forager, but could also be [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cyclical’
Efficiently Exhausting
Posted in Fall 09, tagged compost, cyclical, waste on October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
New Yorkana
Posted in Berkeley, Spring 08, tagged biodiversity, cuba, cyclical, food justice, food sovereignty, health care, land use, urban agriculture on January 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It took a crisis in Cuba for urban agriculture to take over. The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 cut off nearly all agricultural imports to Cuba, including pesticides, fertilizers, farming equipment, and food. Not only did organic farming increase, by necessity, but Cubans began cultivating a significant percentage of their food in urban [...]
Arendt & Berry on Joralemon Street
Posted in Brooklyn, Fall 07, tagged beauty, community, cyclical on November 22, 2007 | 4 Comments »
My sister was concerned that an essay based on political theory and poetry might turn out a little heavy for Thanksgiving. The sources of my thoughts today are theoretically Hannah Arendt and Wendell Berry. Arendt was a German Jewish political theorist, and one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. [...]
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