Discussion Questions
- In the 1970s and 1980s, organic farming became interesting to young men and women, Jewish and non-Jewish, as an expression of social and political consciousness. They were partly interested in organic farming for health and environmental reasons and partly as a rebellion against the agribusinesses that had overwhelmed so many family farms in the years following World War II. What, if anything, do you think is Jewish about Myra and Drew Goodman’s Earthbound Farm?
- Earthbound Farm has been criticized for becoming an agribusiness rather than alternative to traditional commercial farming. How might the fact that Earthbound products are grown on a large-scale commercial farm and then packaged and shipped to supermarkets all over the country conflict with the Goodmans’ goals of producing food that is both environmentally and health conscious?
