A Lecture From Wendell Berry

“It may seem plausible to suppose that the head of the American Tobacco Company would have imagined at least that a dependable supply of raw material to his industry would depend upon a stable, reasonably thriving population of farmers and upon the continuing fertility of their farms. But he imagined no such thing. In this [...]

George Washington Says

“I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world”

More Young People See Opportunity in Farming

Things are changing rapidly in our world. Young folks are making their way back to farming. The average age of the American farmer is 57 years old. Over the past few years this is beginning to change. Also, the practice in which farming has been mired, specifically habituated to the Green Revolution, is taking a [...]

The Man Born to Farming by Wendell Berry

The Grower of Trees, the gardener, the man born to farming, whose hands reach into the ground and sprout to him the soil is a divine drug. He enters into death yearly, and comes back rejoicing. He has seen the light lie down in the dung heap, and rise again in the corn. His thought [...]

Farming and the Global Economy by Wendell Berry

“WE HAVE BEEN repeatedly warned that we cannot know where we wish to go if we do not know where we have been. And so let us start by remembering a little history.” More essential writing from Wendell Berry.