Antonia, I am really enjoying your wonderful writing! Style, content, prose, lessons, and just the right length as it takes me awhile to absorb and internalize your message(s). Thank you! Love the Derrick Jensen thought, and I think it applies to how we live our lives in all aspects. Best, Paul
Aw thank you! I'm trying to keep these walking compositions short. When they were on Instagram they were just snippets of words, or just a quote, but I find myself wordier in this medium (although giving more room to ideas was partly why I decided to do a newsletter and let social media go). But I'm trying not to wax on at length too much! Thank you for reading :)
Thank you! And agreed -- I spent a lot of years thinking about the difference between eating local pastured beef or pork, and soy products (I was a vegetarian for a period in college), and what happens to the ecosystem that is turned over to grow that soy. A lot of people are talking about those nuances now, which is nice.
Well said. Too many people don’t think about the supply chain, the human effect, the effect on animals etc. It must be discussed, documented, diagramed and made easily understandable so that behavior change can occur! Unfortunately it’s difficult to pull people from city to rural. A major shift in thinking is required. And I imagine some resistance exists to “dumb city folk” flooding into the country :)
You might really like this podcast episode with a Montana bison rancher: https://mountainandprairie.com/matt-skoglund-2/. I love the way Skoglund addresses grasslands ecosystems here, especially compared to monoculture soy and corn farming. But also I have my own outlandish viewpoints, like that "meat" grown in Petri dishes are still something alive, and what about the effects of the Petri dish production and lab-grown meat on their local ecosystems?
Anyway! I agree with you :). The city/rural thing is huge, too and can go both ways. I really like the American Prairie Reserve, for example, and think it's an interesting approach to private conservation, but a lot of people who live in the surrounding area hate it, not because they do anything bad for the community but because it ruffles the identity of who gets to be rural (I think the person who started the Reserve is from the Bay Area?) and what the get to do with that land. It's a very interesting contrast.
Antonia, I am really enjoying your wonderful writing! Style, content, prose, lessons, and just the right length as it takes me awhile to absorb and internalize your message(s). Thank you! Love the Derrick Jensen thought, and I think it applies to how we live our lives in all aspects. Best, Paul
Aw thank you! I'm trying to keep these walking compositions short. When they were on Instagram they were just snippets of words, or just a quote, but I find myself wordier in this medium (although giving more room to ideas was partly why I decided to do a newsletter and let social media go). But I'm trying not to wax on at length too much! Thank you for reading :)
I think they are the perfect length. Enough to explore a thought/idea, or tell a story! I love what I have read so far. Looking forward to more.. :-)
Thank you! That's a good reason for me to keep wandering the world and seeing what comes up :)
Well said! A beautiful piece. It is a struggle for sure, but your right about whats actually brutal / exploitative.
Thank you! And agreed -- I spent a lot of years thinking about the difference between eating local pastured beef or pork, and soy products (I was a vegetarian for a period in college), and what happens to the ecosystem that is turned over to grow that soy. A lot of people are talking about those nuances now, which is nice.
Well said. Too many people don’t think about the supply chain, the human effect, the effect on animals etc. It must be discussed, documented, diagramed and made easily understandable so that behavior change can occur! Unfortunately it’s difficult to pull people from city to rural. A major shift in thinking is required. And I imagine some resistance exists to “dumb city folk” flooding into the country :)
You might really like this podcast episode with a Montana bison rancher: https://mountainandprairie.com/matt-skoglund-2/. I love the way Skoglund addresses grasslands ecosystems here, especially compared to monoculture soy and corn farming. But also I have my own outlandish viewpoints, like that "meat" grown in Petri dishes are still something alive, and what about the effects of the Petri dish production and lab-grown meat on their local ecosystems?
Anyway! I agree with you :). The city/rural thing is huge, too and can go both ways. I really like the American Prairie Reserve, for example, and think it's an interesting approach to private conservation, but a lot of people who live in the surrounding area hate it, not because they do anything bad for the community but because it ruffles the identity of who gets to be rural (I think the person who started the Reserve is from the Bay Area?) and what the get to do with that land. It's a very interesting contrast.