The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture - Exploring Sustainable Farming & Rural Life in Modern Society | Perfect for History Buffs & Environmentalists

As a society, as a world, so much of our mindset is formed by our history, without our even realizing it. This book does an exceptional job of showing that history and how it affects our everyday lives and thinking about so many more things than just agriculture. It's not a dusty, boring history book though; it's so much more, and so skillfully written, weaving present and past in an informative and interesting dialogue. I was blown away by how much we think alike about our current state of agriculture and our disposable society! The seeds of this current unsustainable life style really go deep and wide, far deeper and wider than I had realized, and I've been seeing most of these problems and working to change them in my own life for over 50 years. On the other hand, gratefully, this book also showed me a few areas where I need to make some improvements in my level of sustainability - and I had thought I was doing very well all of the way around on my little homestead.