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Have you ever stared at a shelf in a store, trying to buy something as simple as a bar of soap, a pair of shorts, or a dozen eggs, and felt utterly overwhelmed by the choices in front of you? I recently stumbled across a TED talk by [...]
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My recent research on the question of whether Annapolis needs a “food revolution” led me to investigate a related topic: how are our own grocery stores dealing with the increase of curious shoppers who want to know what they eat and where [...]
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For years, Wendell Berry – social critic, author, and farmer in Kentucky – has been arguing that industrialization’s exploitation of body, earth, and community is destroying all three. Berry believes that food and agriculture are central to this issue. But should we [...]
Continue Reading →The fast pace of our technology and information age changes the way we think about time. After two years, my computer is already old! It’s not news to any of us that all day long we are being flooded with information, from billboards to YouTube clips to e-mails to TV news to Facebook updates to [...]
Continue Reading →I’m wondering how the architecture of homes affects the way we eat and what kinds of fresh foods we have access to around our homes. For instance, most homes in Austria have large window sills on which people frequently plant not only flowers, but also herbs. How does the layout of kitchens and dining rooms [...]
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