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Sarah Taber, a crop scientist and industry consultant, holds a doctorate in crop health. She is the host of the podcast Farm to Taber and is working on a book about the effect of human systems on American agriculture
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Desarrollo y libertad
Amartya Sen - 2000-01-01 (publicado por primera vez en 1999)
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By the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics, an essential and paradigm-altering framework for understanding economic development—for both rich and poor—in the twenty-first century. Freedom, Sen argues, is both the end and most efficient means of sustaining economic life and the key to securing the general welfare of the world's entire population. Releasing the idea of individual freedom from association with any particular historical, intellectual, political, or religious tradition, Sen clearly demonstrates its current applicability and possibilities. In the new global economy, where, despite unprecedented increases in overall opulence, the contemporary world denies elementary freedoms to vast numbers—perhaps even the majority of people—he concludes, it is still possible to practically and optimistically regain a sense of social accountability. Development as Freedom is essential reading.
Sarah Taber
2022-04-22T21:18:03.000Z
Currently listening to Amartya Sen's "Development as Freedom" and 1) OUTSTANDING. Like economics that value human life & shit? Amartya Sen's got you covered. 2) As someone doing book edits rn it is incredibly healing. My man takes forever to say things & it's still great      fuente
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El Amanecer de Todo
A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow - 2021-11-09
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Una comprensión radicalmente nueva de la historia de la humanidad, que desafía nuestras suposiciones más fundamentales sobre la evolución social -desde el desarrollo de la agricultura y las ciudades hasta los orígenes del Estado, la democracia y la desigualdad- y revela nuevas posibilidades de emancipación humana. Durante generaciones, nuestros remotos antepasados han sido calificados de primitivos e infantiles: inocentes libres e iguales, o matones y belicosos. La civilización, se nos ha dicho, sólo podría alcanzarse sacrificando esas libertades originales o, alternativamente, domesticando nuestros instintos más bajos. David Graeber y David Wengrow muestran cómo estas teorías surgieron por primera vez en el siglo XVIII como reacción conservadora a las poderosas críticas de la sociedad europea planteadas por observadores e intelectuales indígenas. La revisión de este encuentro tiene implicaciones sorprendentes en la forma en que damos sentido a la historia de la humanidad hoy en día, incluyendo los orígenes de la agricultura, la propiedad, las ciudades, la democracia, la esclavitud y la propia civilización. Basándose en una investigación pionera en arqueología y antropología, los autores muestran cómo la historia se convierte en un lugar mucho más interesante una vez que aprendemos a deshacernos de nuestros grilletes conceptuales y a percibir lo que realmente existe. Si los humanos no pasaron el 95% de su pasado evolutivo en pequeñas bandas de cazadores-recolectores, ¿qué hacían todo ese tiempo? Si la agricultura y las ciudades no supusieron una inmersión en la jerarquía y la dominación, ¿a qué tipo de organización social y económica condujeron? Las respuestas son a menudo inesperadas y sugieren que el curso de la historia humana puede estar menos grabado en piedra y más lleno de posibilidades juguetonas y esperanzadoras de lo que solemos suponer. El amanecer de todo transforma fundamentalmente nuestra comprensión del pasado humano y ofrece un camino para imaginar nuevas formas de libertad, nuevas maneras de organizar la sociedad. Se trata de un libro monumental de formidable alcance intelectual, animado por la curiosidad, la visión moral y la fe en el poder de la acción directa.
Sarah Taber
2021-12-19T20:18:24.000Z
@emdubin The best we can do right now is frank talk about what the real problems ARE. Sarah Mock's book "Farm and other F Words is really good. "Braiding Sweetgrass" & "The Dawn of Everything" are great for picking out how fucked-up our idea is of how ag & society are "supposed" to look.      fuente
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The Rise and Fall of the Small Family Farm
Sarah K Mock - 2021-04-26
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We love The American Farmer. We trust them to grow our food, to be part of children’s nursery rhymes, to provide the economic backbone of rural communities, and to embody a version of the American dream....
Sarah Taber
2021-12-19T20:18:24.000Z
@emdubin The best we can do right now is frank talk about what the real problems ARE. Sarah Mock's book "Farm and other F Words is really good. "Braiding Sweetgrass" & "The Dawn of Everything" are great for picking out how fucked-up our idea is of how ag & society are "supposed" to look.      fuente
The great beef-cattle industry of the American West was not born full grown beyond the Mississippi. It had its antecedents in the upper South, the Midwest, and the Ohio Valley, where many Texas cattlemen learned their trade. In this book Mr. Henlein tells the story of the cattle kingdom of the Ohio Valley—a kingdom which encompassed the Bluegrass r...
Sarah Taber
2021-09-24T01:31:12.000Z
if you like yelling "WAT" 1-2 times a page, can't recommend this book enough white folks were doing feedlots & big estates in the Midwest basically the instant we went there. this stuff is NOT new, it's how the US has always rolled.      fuente
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The Worm at the Core
Sheldon Solomon - 2015-05-12
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Explore the groundbreaking theory that the fear of death is the hidden driving force behind our daily decisions in this thought-provoking and fascinating book. Discover how understanding our mortality can help us live more authentically, make better choices, and overcome fear and anxiety. With beautiful writing and original ideas, this book is a must-read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the human psyche.
Sarah Taber
2020-11-22T16:12:09.000Z
@CaptainPenelope YEP this book is about existential terror & its role in driving most of human behavior, it's fantastic      fuente
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The Rise and Fall of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union in Arkansas
James D. Ross Jr. - 2018-04-30
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This fascinating historical account explores the rise and fall of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union (STFU) during the Great Depression in Arkansas. The author, James Ross, uncovers the perspective of the sharecroppers and tenant farmers who made up the union's rank and file. This revisionist history sheds light on the socialist convictions of the union's leaders and its biracial membership, challenging traditional theories about the STFU's demise attributed to external factors.
Sarah Taber
2020-09-01T13:11:14.000Z
just read this for book research so yeah uhhh the STFU is remembered as this amazing crusade and it was actually a giant shitshow      fuente
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Farmers Helping Farmers
The Rise of the Farm and Home Bureaus, 1914-1935
Nancy K. Berlage - 2016-07-11
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Discover how local farm and home bureau organizations played a vital role in rural America's scientific and economic development with Farmers Helping Farmers. In this insightful book, Nancy K. Berlage examines how these organizations utilized university science to improve agricultural and rural life at a local level, despite the changing landscape of the labor market in the 20th century. Berlage delves into the role farm and home bureaus played in working to implement disciplines such as agricultural economics, rural sociology and child science to address issues beyond farming practices. Highlighting the crucial impact these organizations made on American life in the early 20th century, this analysis offers an fresh look into their social, economic, cultural and political functions.
Sarah Taber
2020-07-08T14:51:09.000Z
*The book is Farmers Helping Farmers It's really, really good at capturing the gender/age power dynamics inside white landowning farm families that drove "the agribusiness takeover" even though it doesn't call it that      fuente
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Una trenza de hierba sagrada
Saber indígena, conocimiento científico y las enseñanzas de las plantas
Robin Wall Kimmerer - 2013-10-15
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Como botánica, Kimmerer formula preguntas sobre la naturaleza con las herramientas de la ciencia. Como miembro de la Citizen Potawatomi Nation, comparte la idea de que las plantas y los animales son nuestros maestros más antiguos. En Una trenza de hierba sagrada, Kimmerer une estas dos lentes del conocimiento para guiarnos en «un viaje que es tan mítico como científico, tan sagrado como histórico, tan inteligente como sabio», en palabras de la escritora Elizabeth Gilbert. Basándose en su vida como científica, indígena, madre y mujer, nos muestra cómo otros seres vivos nos ofrecen regalos e importantes lecciones, incluso aunque hayamos olvidado cómo escuchar sus voces. En una rica trenza de reflexiones que van desde la creación de Isla Tortuga hasta las fuerzas que amenazan hoy su florecimiento, Kimmerer despliega su idea central: el despertar de una conciencia ecológica requiere el reconocimiento y la celebración de nuestra relación recíproca con el resto del mundo viviente. Solo cuando podamos escuchar los lenguajes de otros seres seremos capaces de comprender la generosidad de la tierra y aprender a dar nuestros propios dones a cambio. Una trenza de hierba sagrada está destinado a ser un clásico de la escritura sobre la naturaleza.
Sarah Taber
2020-01-07T17:12:20.000Z
Yeah that's because most of those books are actually just sanctimonious classists pretending they're trying to fix problems. That's why they're depressing If you want a book that's actually about moving forward, "Braiding Sweetgrass" is FANTASTIC.      fuente
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Accounting for Slavery
Masters and Management
Caitlin Rosenthal - 2018-08-27
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Learn how Southern planter-capitalists used early forms of scientific management to turn their power over enslaved people into a productivity advantage. Accounting for Slavery challenges the traditional depiction of slavery as a barrier to innovation, revealing how elite planters employed meticulous note-taking and experiments to improve daily profits and productivity. By analyzing old accounting books from Southern and West Indian plantations, the author provides a groundbreaking investigation of business practices in relation to slavery and capitalism.
Sarah Taber
2019-12-17T02:29:11.000Z
@CarolynVan Funny story, Accounting for Slavery & Scorpio are the ones that kicked the whole thing off. That book is ... just very Scorpio in the best way.      fuente
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