Ron Swanson's Food Ethic:)
4 CORNERS
We would be better off cooking all of our meals from scratch.
It’s not that important how food animals live; after all, they were born to be our food.
I would give up fruits and vegetables from other parts of the world to reduce my carbon footprint.
The idea of GMO food kinda freaks me out.
SEMINAR TEXT #1! “The Pleasures of Eating” by Wendell Berry
READ and ANNOTATE:
What do we do when we annotate?
Mark notable passages and quotations.
React: “Talk to the text.”
Mark confusion and words to look up.
Note questions.
Make connections.
Other systems and ideas?
Be prepared to share a passage that stands out to you AND one question or connection.
SHARE QUOTES
SHARE QUESTIONS/CONNECTIONS
DISCUSS
Discussion Questions for Wendell Berry’s “The Pleasures of Eating”
Wendell Berry says, “eating is an agricultural act.” What does he mean by this? How is this representative of his food ethic?
Berry is critical of the modern “industrial” eater’s food ethic. How does the industrial eater’s food ethic fail to recognize eating as an agricultural act?
What is Wendell Berry asking of us? What does he mean by “eat responsibly”?
How does someone who embraces these mindsets and behaviors fundamentally alter their relationship with the Earth (as contrasted with the typical industrial eater)?
Analyze the meaning of the William Carlos Williams poem. How does the poem represent a “food ethic”?
Why is this essay called “The Pleasures of Eating”?
FOOD FREEWRITE #2: Choose one or more of the “Pleasures of Eating” discussion questions to answer in writing.