Wendell Berry: Daily Food Quote, June 27, 2011

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by Jonell Galloway

Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup.Wendell Berry

The American Poetry Foundation says of Berry: Critics and scholars have acknowledged Wendell Berry as a master of many literary genres, but whether he is writing poetry, fiction, or essays, his message is essentially the same: humans must learn to live in harmony with the natural rhythms of the earth or perish. The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture, which analyzes the many failures of modern, mechanized life, is one of the key texts of the environmental movement, but Berry, a political maverick, has criticized environmentalists as well as those involved with big businesses and land development. Berry strongly believes that small-scale farming is essential to healthy local economies, and that strong local economies are essential to the survival of the species and the well-being of the planet.

He is viewed by many as having founded the Slow Food movement in the United States, long before the term came into use.

Photo courtesy of Corbis Images.

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