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Cherry Season
1. MY MOTHER’S MOTHER kept a set of painted wooden nesting dolls on top of her television. When I was small and went to her house, I would take the set Continue reading
Food & Agriculture
A Taste of Wonder
Chocolate
“The plainest things, it seems to me, are filled with wonder.” —Lucille Clifton SOME PEOPLE are perfectly fine without it. My friend Ross jokes that he can go for months Continue reading
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Sharing the Table
Take a visit to Ryder Farms, an arts residency in Brewster, New York, and learn how artists and activists find space to thrive on a working farm. Continue reading
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Caretaking
LOCAL ECONOMIES are the foundation of democracy, sanity, and a healthy natural world. Wendell Berry and Helena Norberg-Hodge explain why. Continue reading
Lay of the Land
Bring You Apples
WE CLIMBED the gray-slatted lookout tower as the lab bounded ahead, up stairs four at a time. Especially in autumn, after hiking the oak and beech woods of southern Indiana, my Continue reading