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Wendell Berry

Urban conservationists may feel entitled to be unconcerned about food production because they are not farmers. But they can't be let off so easily, for they are all farming by proxy.

Wendell Berry

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People living in cities might think they don’t need to worry about growing food since they don’t farm themselves. However, because they rely on farmers to produce their food, they share responsibility for how farming is done.

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