The costs of industrial agriculture are astonishing in terms of
damage to the environment, human health, animal suffering, and
social equity, and the situation demands that we expand our
ecological imagination to meet this crisis. In response to growing
dissatisfaction with the existing food system, farmers and
consumers are creating alternate models of production and
consumption that are both sustainable and equitable. In Growing
Stories from India: Religion and the Fate of Agriculture, author A.
Whitney Sanford uses the story of the deity Balaram and the Yamuna
River as a foundation for discussing the global food crisis and
illustrating the Hindu origins of agrarian thought. By employing
narrative as a means of assessing modern agriculture, Sanford
encourages us to reconsider our relationship with the earth. Merely
creating new stories is not enough -- she asserts that each story
must lead to changed practices. Growing Stories from India
demonstrates that conventional agribusiness is only one of many
options and engages the work of modern agrarian luminaries to
explore how alternative agricultural methods can be implemented.
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