Good morning, everyone.

I hope you enjoyed pleasant and relaxing weekends. We sat on our porch here in the village of Bristol as the annual Fourth of July parade passed by–including our local band seated on a flat-bed truck and a group of clowns clashing cymbals that also served as their hats.

My suggested prompt for your responses to the readings for this week is that you focus on the YouTube talks by Shiva or LaDuke or the excerpt from Nabhan in relation to our videoconference from Louisville. The question we began to explore about how local food relates to global food-security and fairness is one that each of these figures also addresses in illuminating ways.

Best, John