Webb, Kevin wrote:
> It seems the curse to anyone trying to explain sustainability is that they
> are forced to try and explain it within the understanding/world view that
> sustainability is seeking to supplant; I never know where to start when
> talking to someone who is new to the subject. Sustainability does not lend
> itself to sound bites or bar graphs, nor should it try in my opinion. Yet in
> a society seemingly ruled by the information age we are most often forced to
> do just that.
>
> I'm afraid that Jane and John Q. Public might have found Avery more
> convincing, at least in reading he seemed more polished than Salatin to me;
> maybe I'm just being cynical in thinking that people are more swayed by
> sweet talking. Considering Avery seemed to deliberately misquote the Soil
> and Water Conservation Society of America, I find myself tempted to see him
> as some shadowy figure wrapped up in a grand conspiracy to destroy
> organic/sustainable ag. I definitely question his motives even more than
> before.
>
> Still the question to me remains: how do we as members of the sustainable ag
> community educate the public at large in a way that is complete yet concise?
> (Not to mention non-judgemental yet inspirational, informed but open to
> input, etc.)We must make the issue real to people who think little or
> nothing about agriculture in their daily lives.
>
> Kevin Webb
> Food Circles Networking Project
> Department of Rural Sociology
> University of Missouri-Columbia
> 105 Sociology
> Columbia, MO 65211
> (573) 882-3776
> [573] 882=1473 (fax)
> webbk@missouri.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Hook [mailto:guldann@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 1999 8:18 AM
> To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
> Subject: Re: Avery v. Salatin is online
>
> Thank-you to all involved for getting this on the web. I know my
> procrastinating personality would never have aloud me to send away for the
> pages :). I enjoyed reading it. I understand the host's comments that he
> didn't even get to ask but a few of his questions. My question to the
> group, what did you think? What do you think John and Jane Q. Public would
> have thought. Frankly I thought it was mostly neutral with maybe Salatin
> sounding more knowledgeable. He really farms Avery spewed facts. Group?
> Beth
>
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