Mark Phillips
Mark Phillips is an independent writer and researcher focused on ecological sustainability and economic democracy in local and regional food systems. He has written for the Capital Institute, Kosmos Journal, and currently with Hudson River Flows, a collaborative research and story-telling project exploring the emergence of a regenerative food economy in New York’s Hudson Valley. He is a team member at Hosta Hill, a Massachusetts producer of fermented vegetables, and facilitates memorable educational experiences on food, fermentation, and human health through @EarthCultures. Mark studied Spanish Language and Literature at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, graduating summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and receiving the Sigma Delta Pi award for distinction in Hispanic Studies. You can learn more about him and his work at about.me/MarkjPHL.
Cultivating Right Livelihood
Journal Article
When framed as an individual journey, right livelihood is less about what is right or wrong at the moment and more about our own approach to work, on both a daily basis and over the course of a lifetime.
Returning Home to Our Place in the Cosmos
Article
This has been perhaps the essential lesson I’ve taken from my time at Genesis Farm: that we humans have the possibility to awaken from what Berry deemed the ‘technological trance,’ a deep fixation and obsession for progress through technological development and unlimited economic growth.