In his 1979 essay “Energy in Agriculture” the American farmer, author and activist (some say prophet) Wendell Berry reflects on a memoir by Donald Hall of life on his grandparents’ New England farm from the 1930s to the 1950s. The farm produced food for the household and made a cash income from a small hand-milked herd of Holsteins (Fresians)…Read more Where did all the farmers go? Or how much useful energy is stored in human belly fat?![]()
