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“A necessary part of our intelligence is on the line as the oral tradition becomes less and less important. There was a time throughout our land when it was common for stories to be told and retold, a most valuable exercise, for the story retold is the story reexamined over and over again at different levels of intellectual and emotional growth.”

Quote by Wes Jackson

Book:Becoming Native to This Place

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Becoming Native to This Place

This book delves into the experiences of individuals adapting to a new place, examining the challenges and triumphs of embracing a new cultural identity. more

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Wes Jackson is an outstanding figure in an unknown field, born on January 1, 1936. His life experience, achievements, and contributions have not been well documented. more

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Book:Becoming Native to This Place

Source: Becoming Native to This Place

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“Our task is to build cultural fortresses to protect our emerging nativeness. They must be strong enough to hold at bay the powers of consumerism, the powers of greed and envy and pride. One of the most effective ways for this to come about would be for our universities to assume the awesome responsibility to both validate and educate those who want to be homecomers -- not necessarily to go home but to go someplace and dig in and begin the long search and experiment to become native.”

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Book:In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

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