Other People’s Food: Preliminary Thoughts
No one but a fool, particularly a white upper middle class fool, would plunge into the debate swirling around culinary appropriation. I’m that fool.* Like many people, I’ve been trying…
Read moreA Chicken in Every Back Yard. Really?
The city of Austin is going to help everyone to have a chicken (or several) in their own back yard. Just sign up for chicken raising classes (free from the…
Read moreFarming or Gardening? What’s the Difference?
On Sunday 16th April, the Austin American-Statesman, our local paper, featured a story on an ex-banker who has converted “what was once grass into farmland,” describing how on half an…
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