James Rebanks
Autor/a de The Shepherd's Life: Modern Dispatches from an Ancient Landscape
Sobre l'autor
Crèdit de la imatge: James Rebanks
Obres de James Rebanks
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1974
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- UK
- Llocs de residència
- Cumbria, England, UK
- Educació
- University of Oxford
- Professions
- farmer
shepherd - Relacions
- Rebanks, Helen (wife)
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 4
- Membres
- 1,481
- Popularitat
- #17,343
- Valoració
- 4.1
- Ressenyes
- 48
- ISBN
- 61
- Llengües
- 9
Anyway, this book is also about relationships -- between Rebanks and his grandfather, father, community, land, animals. I love where his observations and thoughts have taken him. I found his arguments for the rewilding of cultivated land compelling -- that farming is meant to be part of the natural web and is also always going to be a compromise as we struggle with burgeoning populations and the demand for cheap food. Still, he is developing his land to incorporate more biodiversity, to encourage the natural run of rivers, to restore hedges and wetlands. It's a beautiful thing, and somehow having the crushing amount of constant work to balance against his wife's point of view explains a lot. They work as a team to nurture different part of their lives. I am so inspired by this book to try and understand and nurture the small land that is in my care. It's a powerful message, and I hope that many farmers see and embrace it as well in whatever capacity they can.… (més)