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Behind the Lines

Two depictions of the Great War

Rocket Men

It’s going to be a long, long time

When Suppertime Came

We still don’t know why the Fitzgerald went down

Sara F. Sarkar

Sara F. Sarkar has conducted research in plant genetics and performance measures for non-profits, worked in sustainable agriculture and international development, volunteered in community urban farming and led public affairs discussions on food and agriculture.

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Sara F. Sarkar

Down on the Farm

Two writers argue with passion for the virtues of rural living March 2010
What is the real value of a farm? We live in a cult of measurement. As the world’s population expands and raw materials and fossil fuels dwindle, there is an increasing need to justify how we use our limited resources. Governments responsible for resource allocation have come to rely on the use of measurements of efficiency in their decision…