Comments on: A book? A meme. http://musicandcats.com/2006/08/a-book-a-meme/ "There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." --Albert Schweitzer Sat, 05 Nov 2011 10:08:30 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ricardo Rabago http://musicandcats.com/2006/08/a-book-a-meme/comment-page-1/#comment-5393 Ricardo Rabago Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:30:00 +0000 http://musicandcats.com/?p=475#comment-5393 Thanks for sharing your book list! If interested Organically Speaking a Seattle base website has released a conversation with Michael Pollan podcast (audio conversation). Interesting tidbits on farmers markets, CSAs, and more! Some Podcast Show Note Questions: Q) Why the price difference between conventional food and organic and how do we go about bringing down organic food prices? Q) How can small local organic farmers remain local in a capitalistic system? Q) What is the "Food Web" you briefly touch on in your book, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. <a href="http://OrganicallySpeaking.org" rel="nofollow">http://OrganicallySpeaking.org</a> All the best, -Ricardo Holistic Conversations for a Sustainable World Thanks for sharing your book list!

If interested Organically Speaking a Seattle base website has released a conversation with Michael Pollan podcast (audio conversation). Interesting tidbits on farmers markets, CSAs, and more!

Some Podcast Show Note Questions:

Q) Why the price difference between conventional food and organic and how do we go about bringing down organic food prices?

Q) How can small local organic farmers remain local in a capitalistic system?

Q) What is the “Food Web” you briefly touch on in your book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals.

http://OrganicallySpeaking.org

All the best,
-Ricardo

Holistic Conversations for a Sustainable World

]]> By: Isabella http://musicandcats.com/2006/08/a-book-a-meme/comment-page-1/#comment-5391 Isabella Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:09:26 +0000 http://musicandcats.com/?p=475#comment-5391 I've been meaning to read Armstrong's Islam, too. I've owned it forever... I’ve been meaning to read Armstrong’s Islam, too. I’ve owned it forever…

]]> By: Tom http://musicandcats.com/2006/08/a-book-a-meme/comment-page-1/#comment-5384 Tom Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:50:17 +0000 http://musicandcats.com/?p=475#comment-5384 Great list. It really pleases me that you hope to one day write a book about solving homelessness in America. It's a huge problem. The gentrified neighborhood around our Church here in Houston should have its share of affordable housing. Instead, the real estate values ($55 per s.f.) have increased so much that several 2000 square foot town houses are being built (squeezed) on every tear-down lot, and sell for about $400,000. Not even close to affordable. Great list. It really pleases me that you hope to one day write a book about solving homelessness in America. It’s a huge problem. The gentrified neighborhood around our Church here in Houston should have its share of affordable housing. Instead, the real estate values ($55 per s.f.) have increased so much that several 2000 square foot town houses are being built (squeezed) on every tear-down lot, and sell for about $400,000. Not even close to affordable.

]]> By: Barry Campbell http://musicandcats.com/2006/08/a-book-a-meme/comment-page-1/#comment-5383 Barry Campbell Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:38:07 +0000 http://musicandcats.com/?p=475#comment-5383 I could've put "A Pattern Language" in quite a few of the slots in the questionnaire, and I am not an architect (nor do I play one on the Internets.) It is one of the best, most thought-provoking books I've ever read, though, and as I'm sure you know it has spawned a host of imitators in every engineering field, especially software design. I could’ve put “A Pattern Language” in quite a few of the slots in the questionnaire, and I am not an architect (nor do I play one on the Internets.) It is one of the best, most thought-provoking books I’ve ever read, though, and as I’m sure you know it has spawned a host of imitators in every engineering field, especially software design.

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