spirituality and agriculture
MARY JANE R ELSE (else@fnr.umass.edu)
Mon, 21 Nov 1994 18:35:32 -0500 (EST)
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> Hello. My name is Scott Robinson and I'm a student at UMass in Amherst.
> I'm writing this in order to get some information on this enigmatic
> topic: spirituality in agriculture. I know the word "spirituality" may
> turn a lot of people off for whatever reason, I'm not really sure. But
> what I'd like to know is what ties a farmaer to the land s/he is working
> day in and day out for many long hours when life may be physically easier
> to just get the average eight-hour/day job. Really what I'm asking isn't
> too specific--anything from the view of a patron of a well established
> religion from Wicca to Roman Catholicism, to a New Age view of what will
> be needed in terms of love and cooperation in the coming years, to a
> scientist's technicalities for why prayer has been shown in laboratory
> studies to help certain bacteria survive...anything! The topic can be
> pretty open when you think about it. So feel free to ramble. Thank you
> for your time and any responce will be very much appreciated.
> PLease respond via this network or to else@fnr.umass.edu
>