http://rocko402003.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/and-the-green-grass-grows-all-around-all-around-and-the-green-grass-grows-all-around/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:36:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://rocko402003.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/and-the-green-grass-grows-all-around-all-around-and-the-green-grass-grows-all-around/#comment-3 melanie Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:10:27 +0000 http://rocko402003.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-3 Well, I think what Pollan is arguing in this chapter that we have LOST the pastoral ideal, what you're describing here as complete dependency on grass. In the previous chapters, he's set up our dependency on corn (remember, we are walking corn) and then uses this chapter to describe the pastoral, grass-based ideal that Joel Salatin recaptures at Polyface Farm. Well, I think what Pollan is arguing in this chapter that we have LOST the pastoral ideal, what you’re describing here as complete dependency on grass. In the previous chapters, he’s set up our dependency on corn (remember, we are walking corn) and then uses this chapter to describe the pastoral, grass-based ideal that Joel Salatin recaptures at Polyface Farm.

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