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Re: Kathryn's Point
[Caleb Stegall 03/07 11:14 AM]I agree with Bruce’s answer to Kathryn, and would also add that there is a pretty clear political argument being made by agrarians from Jefferson to Hanson to Berry (in the realm of political philosophy, not policy). It goes like this: a yeoman class of independent, hard working, self-sufficient, freemen is necessary to the flourishing of the American constitutional republic. The death of this class is directly traceable to a number of factors — political, cultural, spiritual — which are all, in the end, rooted in the collective choices Americans have made concerning food: how they get it, when they get it, what it looks like, who inspects it, how they eat it, what it tastes like, what it costs, etc. etc.
You can disagree with the argument at any point along the way, and we might have a good discussion on that point, but it seems pretty clear that the argument cannot be dismissed as merely about “taste” or “lifestyle choices.”
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