<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for <em>The NYT</em> hails the era of the hipster farmer]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Biodiversivist http://www.grist.org/article/edible-media-farmers-make-the-fashion-page/ Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:03:00 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/edible-media-farmers-make-the-fashion-page/1 The bulk of our Easter dinner came from the local

farmer's market, including the ham. Art is in the eye of the beholder and likewise, taste is in the mouth of the eater. Local produce tastes different and that is what I like about it. Buying at a local farmer's market is like opening a bottle of red wine. You never know what you will get. Variety is the spice of life.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> The bulk of our Easter dinner came from the local

farmer's market, including the ham. Art is in the eye of the beholder and likewise, taste is in the mouth of the eater. Local produce tastes different and that is what I like about it. Buying at a local farmer's market is like opening a bottle of red wine. You never know what you will get. Variety is the spice of life.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> Comment #2 by Jeremy Cherfas http://www.grist.org/article/edible-media-farmers-make-the-fashion-page/ Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:06:17 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/edible-media-farmers-make-the-fashion-page/2 Thanks ...

... for pointing out what we all more or less know; that the press is fine and dandy and useful, but not on topics you yourself actually know something about.

]]> Thanks ...

... for pointing out what we all more or less know; that the press is fine and dandy and useful, but not on topics you yourself actually know something about.

]]> Comment #3 by Biodiversivist http://www.grist.org/article/edible-media-farmers-make-the-fashion-page/ Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:10:43 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/edible-media-farmers-make-the-fashion-page/3 True that, Jeremy

but doesn't this suggest that most of what you read in the lay press must also be grossly inaccurate as well? I don't read newspapers for that reason. Half of any given story is wrong, and you have no idea which half it is. The author must pretend he or she has no bias which is worse than clearly stating one's bias.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> True that, Jeremy

but doesn't this suggest that most of what you read in the lay press must also be grossly inaccurate as well? I don't read newspapers for that reason. Half of any given story is wrong, and you have no idea which half it is. The author must pretend he or she has no bias which is worse than clearly stating one's bias.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> Comment #4 by cheflovesbeer http://www.grist.org/article/edible-media-farmers-make-the-fashion-page/ Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:35:46 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/edible-media-farmers-make-the-fashion-page/4 Hip Farmers

Here is a link to an article in the Atlantic Magazine about kids in a Mass town and farming. It is easyer for the kids if some of the hip kids do it.
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200804/kummer-papaya

]]> Hip Farmers

Here is a link to an article in the Atlantic Magazine about kids in a Mass town and farming. It is easyer for the kids if some of the hip kids do it.
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200804/kummer-papaya

]]> Comment #5 by amazingdrx http://www.grist.org/article/edible-media-farmers-make-the-fashion-page/ Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:03:27 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/edible-media-farmers-make-the-fashion-page/5 Quality life

It's always been hip, always will be.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog

]]> Quality life

It's always been hip, always will be.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog

]]> Comment #6 by Jeremy Cherfas http://www.grist.org/article/edible-media-farmers-make-the-fashion-page/ Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:50:53 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/edible-media-farmers-make-the-fashion-page/6 Absolutely right ...

... and that applies in spades to TV documentaries. But somehow, while I'm sneering at the obvious half-truths in some piece I know a little about, I'll often lap up as gospel information on a topic that's new to me.

I like consistency, I'm just not always able to do it.

]]> Absolutely right ...

... and that applies in spades to TV documentaries. But somehow, while I'm sneering at the obvious half-truths in some piece I know a little about, I'll often lap up as gospel information on a topic that's new to me.

I like consistency, I'm just not always able to do it.

]]> Comment #7 by Evets http://www.grist.org/article/edible-media-farmers-make-the-fashion-page/ Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:02:56 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/edible-media-farmers-make-the-fashion-page/7 I thought it odd...

... that someone could go from one day merely keeping "Brooklyn Lager in his refrigerator" and playing "darts in a league" to the next day starting and running a successful farm.

Thought there had to be more to the story!

Thanks for the article translation.

]]> I thought it odd...

... that someone could go from one day merely keeping "Brooklyn Lager in his refrigerator" and playing "darts in a league" to the next day starting and running a successful farm.

Thought there had to be more to the story!

Thanks for the article translation.

]]> Comment #8 by Aimee Witteman http://www.grist.org/article/edible-media-farmers-make-the-fashion-page/ Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:01:50 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/edible-media-farmers-make-the-fashion-page/8 true dat

Amen, Tom.  Thanks for posting a great response to the NYT article (and filling in some missed details about the featured farmers).  I tried to get the following LTE printed in the NYT but to no avail.

Allen Salkin's article "Leaving Behind the Trucker Hat" uncovers the exciting new trend of young post-urbanites pursuing niche market farming, but in focusing narrowly on one demographic and region of the country ignores a much more complex and interesting story taking place in agriculture.  

Salkin's article neglects to show that despite the growing demand for organic and locally-produced foods, many would-be farmers are still impeded by expensive land and a lack of access to loans, credit, and technical assistance.  We have a chance to fund programs in the next Farm Bill that can ensure that all budding agrarians, whether young or second-career, new immigrant, rural or urban, can afford to farm and become the future of agriculture.  Only by ensuring access for all can farming be a trend that is not fleeting.  

]]> true dat

Amen, Tom.  Thanks for posting a great response to the NYT article (and filling in some missed details about the featured farmers).  I tried to get the following LTE printed in the NYT but to no avail.

Allen Salkin's article "Leaving Behind the Trucker Hat" uncovers the exciting new trend of young post-urbanites pursuing niche market farming, but in focusing narrowly on one demographic and region of the country ignores a much more complex and interesting story taking place in agriculture.  

Salkin's article neglects to show that despite the growing demand for organic and locally-produced foods, many would-be farmers are still impeded by expensive land and a lack of access to loans, credit, and technical assistance.  We have a chance to fund programs in the next Farm Bill that can ensure that all budding agrarians, whether young or second-career, new immigrant, rural or urban, can afford to farm and become the future of agriculture.  Only by ensuring access for all can farming be a trend that is not fleeting.  

]]> Comment #9 by LFord http://www.grist.org/article/edible-media-farmers-make-the-fashion-page/ Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:11:21 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/edible-media-farmers-make-the-fashion-page/9 Hipster or not, a real young farmer

Highly educated with her options open, Zoe Bradbury has turned from urban life in Portland, Oregon back to her roots - farming on Oregon's southern coast.

Hipsters or not, this country needs young farmers. I only hope the profession becomes both fashionable, and lucrative.

Zoe's going to be writing all year about the true grittiness of farming in America - along with her sheer gratitude for the opportunity to do so - here: Diary of a Young Farmer.

]]> Hipster or not, a real young farmer

Highly educated with her options open, Zoe Bradbury has turned from urban life in Portland, Oregon back to her roots - farming on Oregon's southern coast.

Hipsters or not, this country needs young farmers. I only hope the profession becomes both fashionable, and lucrative.

Zoe's going to be writing all year about the true grittiness of farming in America - along with her sheer gratitude for the opportunity to do so - here: Diary of a Young Farmer.

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