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This page is primarily for the people who were interviewed in "Farming in the Dark" to offer additional information, further thoughts, and for other Wiki participants to ask specific questions, comment, or express their point of views related to the content of each chapter. Please keep the conversation courteous and constructive.
Here is a list of the chapters as a starting point. If there is a lot of discussion, I will begin touse createthe separate branch pages created for each chapter.
R. Janke
Book Table of Contents
1. A Critical Look at the Sustainable Agriculture Movement
The Meat We Eat
2. Dan and Mary Howell, Frankfort, Kansas
“Selling land for me, is like selling one of my kids. You just never know if the next person will take care of it properly, the way I would.”
3. Jim and Kathy Scharplaz, Minneapolis, Kansas
“I’m not sure the link between food and sustainable farming has been made. Maybe that is the thing we haven't accomplished, the link.”
4. Nancy Vogelsberg-Busch, ‘Bossie’s Best Beef’ Home, Kansas
“Your book, Farming in the Dark, needs a sequel. The sequel will be called Dancing at Dawn, because that is what I want to do.”
Philosophical Farming
5. Jim Bender, Weeping Water, Nebraska
“I had the opportunity to have a very good liberal arts education.”
6. Ed Reznicek and Mary Fund, Goff, Kansas
“You can’t treat farmland as a commodity and achieve sustainability.”
7. Fred Kirschenmann, North Dakota and Leopold Center
“If they don’t change, the Land Grant (Agricultural) Universities will be complicit in their own demise”
8. Donn Teske, Wheaton, Kansas and Kansas Farmers Union
“The corporations – they have no soul.”
9. Jackie Keller, Beginning farmer, Topeka, Kansas
“I do love being out there, being on the tractor . . . seeing the soybeans get chest-high . . . the gratification to be able to do that without chemicals.”
Vegetable Farming
10. Kirk Cusick, Whispering Cottonwood Farm & Education Center
“I’m a grower of food. Food is something that everybody has to have, needs to live.”
11. Paul D. Johnson, Lawrence, Kansas
“Visiting these farms in Sweden, seeing that lifestyle, the serenity, convinced me farming was the better choice.”
12. Jon Cherniss and Michelle Wander, Blue Moon Farm, , Illinois
“I fell in love with the food . . . that’s a strong motivation for me, the quality, something to get excited about, those tomatoes, eating them . . ..”
Rodale’s Sustainable Agriculture Featured Farms – 15 years later
13. Terry and Sheila Holsapple, Greenup, Illinois
“And that’s what I’m trying to say about sustainable agriculture. Farmers simplified it. The universities made it hard, and put it out of touch to the reality.”
14. Rich Bennett, Napolean, Ohio
“And if anyone learned from all the research I did, they did learn that they could reduce inputs, and get the same type of yield.”
15. George and Melanie DeVault, Pheasant Hill Farm, Pennsylvania
“The United States is a food importer now. That’s something new in theequation . . . a scary thing.”
16. Carmen Fernholz, A-Frame Farm, Madison, Minnesota
“We have this free enterprise system. It gives you all this freedom to market the way you want, and the reality is that there is no more freedom there, in terms of how you treat the land.”
Eating in the Dark
17. Bob and Elaine Mohr – Slow Food Pioneers, Manhattan, Kansas
“Slow food gives. Fast food only takes. Slow food gives back to the community, and helps foster the connections between people in the larger system,”
18. Laurie Pieper, MorningStar B&B, Manhattan, Kansas
“The experience with Bill, with the milk and the eggs, made me realize that even someone who didn’t think he was interested in organic foods could tell the difference.”
19. Nora Poullion, “Nora’s” restaurant, Washington, D.C.
“Its just mind boggling to me that people don’t make the connection between what they eat and how they feel.”
Conclusion
20. Starting a Discussion about the Future of Sustainable Agriculture [note: this chapter will have its own page for further discussion]
Here is a list of the chapters as a starting point. If there is a lot of discussion, I will begin touse createthe separate branch pages created for each chapter.
R. Janke
Book Table of Contents
1. A Critical Look at the Sustainable Agriculture Movement
The Meat We Eat
2. Dan and Mary Howell, Frankfort, Kansas
“Selling land for me, is like selling one of my kids. You just never know if the next person will take care of it properly, the way I would.”
3. Jim and Kathy Scharplaz, Minneapolis, Kansas
“I’m not sure the link between food and sustainable farming has been made. Maybe that is the thing we haven't accomplished, the link.”
4. Nancy Vogelsberg-Busch, ‘Bossie’s Best Beef’ Home, Kansas
“Your book, Farming in the Dark, needs a sequel. The sequel will be called Dancing at Dawn, because that is what I want to do.”
Philosophical Farming
5. Jim Bender, Weeping Water, Nebraska
“I had the opportunity to have a very good liberal arts education.”
6. Ed Reznicek and Mary Fund, Goff, Kansas
“You can’t treat farmland as a commodity and achieve sustainability.”
7. Fred Kirschenmann, North Dakota and Leopold Center
“If they don’t change, the Land Grant (Agricultural) Universities will be complicit in their own demise”
8. Donn Teske, Wheaton, Kansas and Kansas Farmers Union
“The corporations – they have no soul.”
9. Jackie Keller, Beginning farmer, Topeka, Kansas
“I do love being out there, being on the tractor . . . seeing the soybeans get chest-high . . . the gratification to be able to do that without chemicals.”
Vegetable Farming
10. Kirk Cusick, Whispering Cottonwood Farm & Education Center
“I’m a grower of food. Food is something that everybody has to have, needs to live.”
11. Paul D. Johnson, Lawrence, Kansas
“Visiting these farms in Sweden, seeing that lifestyle, the serenity, convinced me farming was the better choice.”
12. Jon Cherniss and Michelle Wander, Blue Moon Farm, , Illinois
“I fell in love with the food . . . that’s a strong motivation for me, the quality, something to get excited about, those tomatoes, eating them . . ..”
Rodale’s Sustainable Agriculture Featured Farms – 15 years later
13. Terry and Sheila Holsapple, Greenup, Illinois
“And that’s what I’m trying to say about sustainable agriculture. Farmers simplified it. The universities made it hard, and put it out of touch to the reality.”
14. Rich Bennett, Napolean, Ohio
“And if anyone learned from all the research I did, they did learn that they could reduce inputs, and get the same type of yield.”
15. George and Melanie DeVault, Pheasant Hill Farm, Pennsylvania
“The United States is a food importer now. That’s something new in theequation . . . a scary thing.”
16. Carmen Fernholz, A-Frame Farm, Madison, Minnesota
“We have this free enterprise system. It gives you all this freedom to market the way you want, and the reality is that there is no more freedom there, in terms of how you treat the land.”
Eating in the Dark
17. Bob and Elaine Mohr – Slow Food Pioneers, Manhattan, Kansas
“Slow food gives. Fast food only takes. Slow food gives back to the community, and helps foster the connections between people in the larger system,”
18. Laurie Pieper, MorningStar B&B, Manhattan, Kansas
“The experience with Bill, with the milk and the eggs, made me realize that even someone who didn’t think he was interested in organic foods could tell the difference.”
19. Nora Poullion, “Nora’s” restaurant, Washington, D.C.
“Its just mind boggling to me that people don’t make the connection between what they eat and how they feel.”
Conclusion
20. Starting a Discussion about the Future of Sustainable Agriculture [note: this chapter will have its own page for further discussion]
