We will be closed from Monday, November 25 through Friday, November 29.  Please enjoy this season of gratitude with your family and friends, and remember to give thanks!

We will be closed to visitors from Monday, December 24, 2024 through Friday, January 3, 2025.

Join us for our Low-Impact Forestry Training Series classes designed to cultivate knowledge, skills, and a deeper connection to the land. These courses and workshops bring participants into the forested areas of the farm to gain a fresh perspective on what assets the woodlands contain. Below are some details related to our upcoming courses. The […]

Join us for our Draft Animal Series designed to cultivate knowledge, skills, and a deeper connection to the land. These courses and workshops educate students on how to work with draft animals. Below are some details related to our upcoming courses. The Berry Center Farm and Forest Institute focuses on sustainable agriculture and forestry practices, […]

The Berry Center will host renowned writer, teacher, farmer, and editor Jason Peters. Peters is a founding member of the Front Porch Republic, (FPR) forum advocating for communities, place,  and conservation. His 2007 University Press of Kentucky publication, Wendell Berry: Life and Work, is a staple at The Berry Center. Peters tends a small farm in Ingham County, Michigan, […]

During this hands-on workshop we will focus on a pasture-raised hog, walking through the entire process of how to efficiently, beautifully, and practically take a hog from pasture to plate ethically and humanely. Henry County, Kentucky author Wendell Berry will bless the hog by reading his poem “For the Hog Killing” on Friday morning as […]

Agrarian Voices Study Winter/Spring 2025: Writing for the Farm: Advocacy and Leadership REGISTER HERE This Agrarian Voices Study series explores how The Berry Center puts Wendell Berry’s writing to work to advocate for farmers, land-conserving communities, and healthy regional economies. Participants consider how “writing for the farm” helps answer critical questions: What will it take […]

This 2-day workshop is designed for those who are beginning to collect and write their personal stories of family and rural places. Georgia Green Stamper will lead these sessions at The Berry Center’s Agrarian Culture Center. Participants will have the option to submit their final pieces for inclusion in The Berry Center Archive and for […]

The Berry Center will host renowned author, journalist, and editor Gracy Olmstead. Olmstead is the author of Uprooted, Recovering the Legacy of the Places We’ve Left Behind. This presentation is free and open to the public thanks to the generous support of The Josephine Ardery Foundation, Tallgrass Farm Foundation, Virginia Lee Harrod, Tony Perry and Jeff […]

Celebrate Earth Day on the page and in the field with The Berry Center. The Farm and Forest Institute will launch its Reading in Place series on Tuesday, April 22 (4:00 - 6:30pm) with a study of Wendell Berry’s essay “Conservation Is Good Work.” This short course focuses on Berry’s declaration: “The name of our […]

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of this moving story with a two-day short course and field retreat in Henry County, Kentucky. Guided by Farm & Forest Institute Director Leah Bayens, you’ll traipse through field and forest, town and country, connecting to the places represented in the novel and contemplating how lived experiences and stories kindle affection […]

Join us for The Berry Center's Spring Open House + Kids’ Arts and Letters Day and help us celebrate the Bookstore's Grand Reopening! It's going to be a party and all are welcome! There will be readings and activities with children’s book authors George Ella Lyon (ALL THE WATER IN THE WORLD), Craig Caudill (SECRET […]