This weekend's homework is to complete Assignment 25. See below.
Assignment 25 - Thinking About the Origins of Our Food
Wendell Berry is a long standing, highly regarded essayist, poet, and novelist. In addition, he is a farmer. A recurring theme is his works is the idea that industrialization is actually having widespread negative effects on our lives and our society.
Your task is to read Berry's essay "The Pleasures of Eating" and answer the following questions to the best of your ability in complete sentences.
1. Offer a summary of the point or claim that Berry is trying to make in "The Pleasures of Eating."
2. As a "city person" (as Berry delineates), what is your reaction to this essay?
3. What is your view of yourself as a participant in agriculture? Explain. For example, are you simply a consumer? Do you participate in level of food production?
4. How do your feel about your answer to #3?
5. How realistic or achievable do you think Berry's suggestions (the numbered recommendations #1-7) are? Explain.
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