That Old Pod

Mike Jones joins That Old Pod to discuss technology as it relates to quality of life. Starting our discussion off as it relates to the book The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture by Wendell Berry, we discuss how farming and industrialization have impacted our quality of life. You’ll notice that the pod ends abruptly on a cliff hanger. In a charming encapsulation of the failings of technology, about an hour of our conversation got cut off through a technical error on Lucio’s part. Fortunately, we have noted the course of the missing conversation, and we were getting tired and really had much more to say anyway, so we will be recording part II of this topic in the near future. Show notesThe Unsettling of America: Culture & AgricultureThe decline of the small American family farm in one chart2007 Census of Agriculture: Small Farms10 Things the 2012 Census of Agriculture tells us about family farmers and our food systemNielsen report on Global Consumption of Fresh Foods March 2013Dining Out Jus