A couple more links for good readin’:
1) At the Oil Drum, Brian Gordon explains why food and oil prices are inextricably linked, and what that augurs for us in the coming years (my takeaway: the earlier you shift to buying organic and local, the better off that you’ll be). He doesn’t really talk about the weirdest part of our society growing all its food using energy from petroleum: that we’re all eating petroleum.
2) Time Magazine looks at Third Wave Coffee, as led by Intelligentsia (our coffee roaster), Stumptown, and Counter Culture Coffee. I enjoy the process by which we reclaim from a commodity, like coffee — or, for that matter, meat — the humanity and individuality which makes every expression unique.