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Wendell Berry’s writings to work by advocating for small farmers,
land-conserving communities, and healthy regional economies.
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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 2023
THE BERRY CENTER NEWSLETTER - SPRING 2023 Friends, We are pleased to share with you our latest newsletter, The Berry Center's 2023 Spring 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 vital agrarian work we...
The Berry Center Newsletter – Fall 2022
THE BERRY CENTER NEWSLETTER - FALL 2022 Friends, We are pleased to share with you our latest newsletter, The Berry Center's 2022 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 vital agrarian work we are...
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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 WENDELL BERRY FARMING PROGRAM OF STERLING COLLEGE
Providing future 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.
Young Farmers
Working towards a full-time, tuition-free sustainable farming degree right here in Henry County, Kentucky, in our Wendell Berry Farming Program of Sterling College
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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