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May 31, 2005
What happened to the family farm? Some called it HOME
Here's an excerpt from Dr. Olin Ivey's At the Threshold: An agrarian economy centers in two interdependent realities: land and home. They are so intertwined that it is hard to separate them. A whole culture emerges from within that interaction. From within that complex, the sense of place and the good sense that goes with it well up within our souls, family, and community. Fresh food from one’s own farm gathered by one’s own hands become joy in the cookin’ and delight in the eatin’. Gratitude abounds—to each other and to God. Shared stewardship blossomed vine-like to help form our sense of being, of having, and of doing.
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Posted by wjbailes at May 31, 2005 07:11 AM
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