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Carol P. Christ’s Legacy: Women And Weeding, The First 10,000 Years* by Carol P. Christ

By Carol P. Christ on February 14, 2022 • ( 1 )

Moderator’s Note: We here at FAR have been so fortunate to work along side Carol Christ for many years. She died from cancer in July, 2021. Her work continues through her non-profit foundation, the Ariadne Institute for the Study of Myth and… Read More ›

“Calling All Women” to Save the Earth, signed and shared by Carol P. Christ

By Carol P. Christ on April 1, 2019 • ( 13 )

I contend therefore that we have allowed these chemicals to be used with little or no advanced investigation of their effect on soil, water, wildlife and man himself. Future generations are unlikely to condone our lack of prudent concern for… Read More ›

WOMEN AND WEEDING, THE FIRST 10,000 YEARS* by Carol P. Christ

By Carol P. Christ on February 10, 2014 • ( 11 )

Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells, and pretty little maids all in a row. From the beginning of horticulture about 8000 BCE or earlier to the present day, weeding has been… Read More ›