Originally Posted by willravel

Omnivore's Dilemma is fantastic. It is a perfect explaination of industrial, organic, and the hunter/gatherer. I would reccomend it to anyone who wants to be more familair with what you're eating. Also, it comes reccomended from roachboy. More importantly, the organic aspect of the book speaks directly to what is being discussed here: the supposed lack of progress that is actually a brilliant system that sustains a community efficiently.

A lot of people, myself included, have lost touch with where our clothing, food, furniture, etc. all come from. I could probably build a desk if I wanted to, but building a house would be beyond me. I can fish, but raising cattle would be beyond me. It's stuff like this that we take for granted, and the Amish are adept at.