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"The dualism of domestic and wild is, after all, mostly false, and it is misleading. It has obscured for us the domesticity of the wild creatures. More important it has obscured for us the absolute dependence of human domesticity upon the wildness that supports it and in fact permeates it"
-- Wendell Berry, "Conservationist and Agrarian"

This was one of my favorite quotes form a book of essays, called Farming and the Fate of Wild Nature: Essays in Conservation-Based Agriculture, edited by Daniel Imhoff and Jo Ann Baumgartner. I read this one my trip but haven't manged to write a review of it yet. (Still trying to review all the non-fiction I'm reading) I've having a hard time in part because I read it a while ago and in part because it is difficult to sum up.

I found this book light reading I was familiar with most of the concepts familiar. The book is mostly option rather then facts. There are a variety of points of view. All pro-conservation of course, but taking different approaches. I think this book could be a good introduction to the intersection of agriculture and conservation, but if you are well versed in these areas you won't learn much form it.