“I’m just trying to learn how to believe in something, how to see in the dark.”
-Tom Montgomery Fate, from “The Art of Dying”1
Discussion #10: Food, Environment,
and Culture
For Discussion #10, work toward answering the following question, using
information from (at least) two of the writers from this unit as well as your own:
Many contemporary nature writers are tackling the “big” subjects of food,
environment, and culture—and in varying ways. Why is it that so many
writers in the 21st century are focusing on these subjects in the manner that
they are?
Please respond to your peers to create an effective discussion.
If you have yet to do so, please re-read the Discussion Overview to make sure you
are meeting overall requirements.

1 P. 149, Cabin Fever