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“It all turns on affection,” invoked Wendell Berry in his 2012 Jefferson Lecture. The Berry Center is building equitable and ecological farming futures based on affection—for creatures, for people, place, and for the planet.
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The Berry Center Newsletter – Spring 2025
THE BERRY CENTER NEWSLETTER - SPRING & SUMMER 2025 Friends, We are pleased to share with you our latest publication, The Berry Center’s 2025 Spring & Fall Newsletter. If you would like to become a member of The Berry Center and start receiving our publications in the mail you can visit sign up by clicking the button below. And as always, thank you for your interest and support in...
THE BERRY CENTER JOURNAL VOLUME SEVEN – FALL 2024
The Berry Center Journal – Volume Seven – Fall 2024 Friends, We are pleased to share with you our latest publication, The Berry Center’s 2024 Annual Journal – Volume Seven. This year’s journal continues our commitment to thoughtful reflection and meaningful dialogue about agrarianism and the connections between land, community, and culture. The Berry Center Journal 2024 offers a heartfelt...
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The Initiatives of the Berry Center
Our Home Place Meat
Establishing a cooperative for Henry County, KY farmers to sell to local markets and addressing the fundamental challenges of creating local food economies.
THE ARCHIVE
Collecting and preserving works that offer compelling insights into good farming and land use and the rich culture of rural communities over the last century.
THE BERRY CENTER FARM AND FOREST INSTITUTE
Providing farmers with an education in agrarian thought and practice, serving students from generational farm families, rural communities, and urban agrarians around the nation.
THE AGRARIAN CULTURE CENTER AND BOOKSTORE AT THE BERRY CENTER
Welcoming visitors from near and far, bringing humanities programming to rural communities, fostering local history through storytelling, and conserving the unique culture of rural places.
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Years Of History
Preserved in The Archive Of The Berry Center, informing agrarian thought and practice, helping to chart a way forward for sustainable farming and rural prosperity.
Farmers & Community Members
As participants in the Farm & Forest Institute‘s field days, workshops, and courses that provide an agricultural education combining nature and culture, land and people.
Agrarian Books
Distributed by the Agrarian Literary League, a nationally recognized adult rural reading program from the Agrarian Culture Center and Bookstore at The Berry Center
Acres conserved
By Our Home Place Meat farmers, raising and processing the best livestock locally and humanely in a program based on the Burley tobacco cooperative model.
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