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Category: Environment and Conservation
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Today's post is from Aaron Bobrow-Strain, is associate professor of politics at Whitman College in Washington and the author of White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf. He writes and teaches on the politics of the global food system. In a 1974 New York Times column, the great Craig Claiborne offered the following…
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On Father’s Day weekend, author Stefan Bechtel (Mr. Hornaday’s War) reflects upon his relationship with one of the most important men in his life.
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A bear has been wandering down the Cape. Perhaps he wants to buy some Mary Oliver poetry at the Provincetown Bookshop?
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A new book from Fred Pearce looks at a how Wall Street, Chinese billionaires, oil sheikhs, and agribusiness are buying up huge tracts of land in a hungry, crowded world.
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Beacon editor Alexis Rizzuto was inspired to visit the bison in Yellowstone National Park, animals who would not be there were it not for the efforts of William Temple Hornaday.
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How do moms balance bonding with instructing, teaching their kids about our environment without boring them into apathy? Amy Seidl reflects on last Mother’s Day.
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Two Beacon Press authors write about Henry David Thoreau’s influence on their lives and their writing.
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Two forthcoming Beacon Press authors write about Henry David Thoreau’s influence on their lives and their writing.
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May 6, 2012 is the 150th anniversary of Henry David Thoreau’s death. Tom Montgomery Fate reflects upon how Thoreau’s writings resonates today.
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Join Michael Lanza during National Parks Week, April 23–27, for his Before They’re Gone blog tour!
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