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Wendell Berry’s writings to work by advocating for small farmers,
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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 – Fall 2024

The Berry Center Newsletter – Fall 2024

THE BERRY CENTER NEWSLETTER - FALL & WINTER 2024 Friends,   We are pleased to share with you our latest publication, The Berry Center’s 2024 Fall & Winter 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...

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Courier Journal & Op-Ed (April 2024)

Courier Journal & Op-Ed (April 2024)

COURIER JOURNAL (APRIL 11, 2024) OP-ED BY MARY BERRY (APRIL 21, 2024) Connor Griffin (Courier Journal) recently wrote an article concerning Kentucky farms and farmland.  You may read the article here, as well as the Op-Ed written by Mary Berry in response to the original article.

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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

Working towards a full-time, tuition-free sustainable farming degree right here in Henry County, Kentucky, in our Farm & Forest Institute.

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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