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Wendell Berry

Exciting news, read on! Tulsa World Farmer, poet Wendell Berry to receive Tulsa library’s Helmerich award  BY MICHAEL OVERALL World Staff Writer Sunday, March 25, 2012 He’s either a leftist or a right-wing extremist, a liberal revolutionary or a retrograde conservative.  “I’ve been called a communist and a fascist,” admits Wendell Berry. “But I’m glad […]

Austen’s Art of Manners

Hello! This is my first post. I’m teaching high school English in rural Louisiana, and in order to spark some interest in my seniors as they begin Pride and Prejudice I wrote them a mini, informal essay. We had a wonderful discussion about Southern manners versus Northern (lack of) manners – and I explained to […]

“And rural mirth and manners are no more” – Watch “FRESH” a powerful documentary about American agriculture

Please visit this link HERE to watch the documentary “Fresh.”  This film takes a look at the deficiencies and horrors of American Industrial Agricultural, but also provides a glimpse of several different organizations or farmers that are working today to create sustainable, philosophically sound, ethical, organic, and natural options for farmers and consumers.  It is only an […]

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