Title: Reading
Course: SLF 120 Introduction to Small Farm Viability > Section: SLF 120 Introduction to Small Farm Viability

Reading

The Seasons on Henry’s Farm: Rose Moon

Read The Seasons on Henry’s Farm weeks 31-35, (pages 185-207)

This week’s reading will address chemically based monoculture.  While multiflora roses are generally white, and the wild prairie rose generally pink, domestic roses now come in a complete rainbow of colors.  This was not always so.  What is the history of the red rose?

Teresa comments, “This, I hear people say again and again, ‘is that what strawberries used to taste like?’” What is she talking about?  How has chemically based monoculture affected the quality of products grown on large farms?