b'That said, there is plenty, PLENTY, of left-brain analysis to be done with respect to the benefits of organic farming and local food. Matters of soil health and erosion, carbon sequestration, biodiversity, pesticides and other toxins, antibiotics, chemical fertilizers, eutrophication, aquifer depletion, productivity per acre, animal welfare, the whole story of manure, 1food nutrient density, obesity and diabetes (pandemics in their own rights and linked to susceptibility to the novel coronavirus), food miles, local economic multiplier effects, community resilience in the face of supply chain disruption, and systems thinking about foodsheds.Ive seen similarly complicated schematic drawings depicting the myriad interactions between plant roots and soil. But theres another kind of systems thinking, another kind of ledger, or, it would be more accurate to say, non-ledger, that is needed to fully appreciate the value of small, diversified, organic farms and local food. On this non-ledger are recorded matters that are obviously of extreme importance yet are not quantifiable, including agrarian values, food 1See Holy Shit, by Gene Logsdon (Chelsea Green, 2010).117'