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    <body><![CDATA[Great collection of essays from the 70s most of which still resonate today. Berry comes across somewhat patriarchal but his messages about the importance of connecting with and valuing our land (understanding our food supply and cultivating an awareness/sense of place), not looking to technology for...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57412381">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Absolutely fabulous collection of essays, even if you know nothing about agriculture.  Goes to the roots (pardon the pun) of our current cultural and social malaise in fresh, creative, and insightful ways.  My only complaint is how thin on theology it is, and how little he discusses the possible spi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78742851">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Social Critic extraordinaire. This book helped me understand how the role of agriculture permeates through almost every aspect of our lives.  I had no ideas all the implications that might entail. <br/><br/>Like the battles of an individual soul, culture (the societal soul) also wages war against ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24042086">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book during a 2 year experiment with Christian thought and faith.  Of those authors I read during that time, only Wendell Berry and CS Lewis impressed me.  This book impressed me the most.  Wendell Berry's approach to the essence of human community, the value of independent farming, and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18585265">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Anyone who eats needs to take the time to consider where our food comes from.  Berry helps the reader reconnect to the earth, and to the appreciate our culture that was lost by our abuse of the earth.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It occurs to me that I have given Wendell Berry's essays and nonfiction nothing but five stars since I discovered his writing two years ago. But what can I say? This man makes me bitter against corporate agriculture and the herd mentality of the average US citizen, ultimately making me bitter toward...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47800388">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Whether you find Berry's worldview compelling or credible or not, there is no denying the grace and vigor and plain rhetorical power with which he makes his case. I don't know if I can completely in to his valorization of the family farm over the city (I love the city), but I came away feeling like ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35507534">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an amazing book. One of my new favorite books of all time. Berry presents an incredible look at the state of agriculture in our country, and what's wrong with it. In the process he takes a critical look at our modern society as a whole. The book is chock-full of ideas that will make you ques...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45420086">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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