![]() ![]() They milk their own cows and slaughter their own hogs and cattle. They feed a hundred people, and they do it without pesticides or herbicides. She and her husband, Mark, operate a farm in Essex County that sells shares to members-part of the nationwide movement known as community-supported agriculture (CSA). This profound shift in priorities puts her in touch with a way of living and thinking that most Americans know nothing about, but these are “the kind of thoughts that have occupied the majority of the human race-the agrarians-for most of the history of the world.” Instead of worrying about commuting and her 401K, now she thinks about the weather and whether the hogs are warm enough. ![]() KRISTIN KIMBALL’S The Dirty Life is the story of an urban, highly educated woman and how she moved to the Adirondacks and learned to be a farmer. ![]()
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