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...helps keep me fed--and the elegance and sustainability of that exchange make more sense to me than gambling on faceless producers who stamp organic on a package thousands of miles from my home. I'm not a purist about these choices--I ate a Filet-O-Fish at McDonald's on the way to Ted's farm. But in general, I have decided that you are where...
...Everybody gets down on their confidence,” Fish said. “He was down and the other guys had been up, and any time you get to play a little lower, you’re probably going to win some more matches, and if you play up high, you’re going to have some tough ones. He’d played tough guys, lost in three sets, good matches to these guys, but after a while, everybody just feels ‘I need...
...men’s, women’s, or children’s). Winners get a trophy—again thanks to the Chamber of Commerce—a picture in the local papers, and bragging rights for the entire year. But competition is intense because of the crowded fishing field. It is not unheard of for fishers of fish to become fishers of men, and occasionally someone leaves with an accidental body piercing compliments of the innocuous-looking grandmother down the bend...
...Trout Day continues to stand as a monument to fish and as an excuse for a day off—a small piece of idiosyncrasy that somehow gives me assurance. The strength of our local flavors lies in the fact that they aren’t preserved for use’s sake, but because they remind us that who we are partly depends on from where we’ve come...
...problems arise from the mistaken notion that humans come first. They have to come second; this has not sunk in to the political and social leadership." At Ibera, Tompkins has put the accent on restoring the original wildlife. "These are swamps, so you can't immediately see the 80 fish species or the amphibians. Also, the land has been environmentally degraded and many of the indigenous animals, such as jaguars, have disappeared." Tompkins is slowly reintroducing this native fauna. "We've started with the marsh deer. Eventually we'll be able to reintroduce the jaguar, the top of the food...