In last week’s New Yorker, an article entitled Testing, Testing, written by Atul Gawande, details the author’s optimistic perspective on the Senate’s new health care bill. Gawande highlights and applauds the bill’s inclusion of pilot programs reminiscent of those responsible for transforming American agriculture in the early 20th century. “While we crave sweeping transformation,” he [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Listening, Learning
Posted in Fall 09, tagged health care, history, policy on December 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Still Too Small
Posted in Fall 09, tagged city planning, farmers markets, markets, restaurants, the future! on December 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is one in a series of short essays related to Myers’ work as a Forager for a chef in New York City. Each essay is focused simply on sharing something she has learned through her work, and is followed by photos taken while on the job. The farmers market at Union Square comes to [...]