Blog entry #4

This week’s reading I found to be somewhat interesting on how the different life forms work together on this “beyond organic” farm. At first I laughed at the thought of letting hundreds of chickens run around through the pastures as a natural pesticide but this seems like a very efficient way of dealing with such a delicate problem.
A quote from Pollan, “I couldn’t recall the last time id even attempted to do anything consequential before breakfast, or before caffeine at the very least” demonstrated the ideology of the average American now. How Americans need to get some sort of intake of caffeine to function.
The term “grass farming” stood out to me. Instead of designating Joel’s farming style to the final product, he refers to himself through the way he farms. The grass gives variety to the farm and the care of it is the heart of the whole operation. Without the grass, there would be NO farm to have. So with all of this in mind, a grass farm seems like a very appropriate name to use for one’s farm. After all, there are few more terms more organic than “grass.”