Stone Barns Reflection

Please complete and bring to class tomorrow (Friday):

QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION:

CHOOSE THREE (3) AND USING THE PROPER TRANSITIONS, ANSWER IN ESSAY FORM.  USE APPROPRIATE EVIDENCE FROM OMNIVORE AND STONE BARNS LITERATURE, IF NECESSARY.

1)      What, specifically did you enjoy about the trip to Stone Barns?

2)      Describe the life of the Stone Barns pigs, as opposed to the life of pigs on factory farms.

3)      Describe the life of the Stone Barns chickens, as opposed to the life of chickens on factory farms.

4)      Describe three things you learned about sustainable farming from the trip and/or by reading Omnivore.

5)      How did Omnivore change the way you think about the food you eat? (If it didn’t, choose another question).  How did the trip to Stone Barns reinforce what you discovered?

6)      Describe one change you will make in your life as a result of reading Omnivore/visiting Stone Barns.

7)      This was a bumper sticker I saw on a car parked in the Stone Barns lot: “When the people lead, the leaders will follow.”  How might that quote relate to Omnivore and what you learned at Stone Barns?

8)      How did your trip to Stone Barns illustrate what Wendell Berry wrote: “Eating is an agricultural act”?