A Revised Look on the Japanese’ Relationship with Nature
In his novel, The One Straw Revolution, Masaba Fukuoka takes a critical view on the role of complex anthropogenic progress throughout history, remarking that it leads to unnecessary, and often inefficient, results. Focussing primarily on agriculture, but critiquing...
Contrasting Approaches to Agriculture: Where Do We Devote Our Creative Energy?
Contrasting Approaches to Agriculture: Where Do We Devote Our Creative Energy? There are few things more satisfying than solving a particularly difficult problem, but how do we decide which problems to tackle and which to leave untouched? Where do we decide to...
ARI’s Mission
I found ARI’s mission to be quite empowering and enlightening. I think that the way that they have developed their curriculum over the years is inspiring since it sounds like it is a more practical way of learning compared to the system in America right now. My...
“What is good food?”
"What is good food?" Austin Brown & Elliot Carson In this vlog, we are responding to the question "What is good food?" as we explore the food systems of Japan!
A new year
明けましておめでとうございます！今年もよろしくお願いします。 I've sent these "happy new year's" greetings over and over the past few days as I get ready to head back to Japan with a new group of St. Olaf students. This year, I'm honored to take the fourth group supported by the Luce Foundation...