Farmer and writer Wendell Berry reads his poem, “A Vision,” from his most recent publication, The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry. The last in a series of his poetry readings on Living On Earth, this poem offers a hopeful look at humanity’s future.
Wendell Berry Poem
Wendell Berry Poetry Reading
A Poetry Reading by Wendell Berry
Death of the Family Farm
From the Living on Earth Profile Series #8: Wendell Berry: Philosophical Farmer
Farmer-philosopher Wendell Berry has written some thirty books. Most of them deal with issues firmly rooted in Berry’s native rural Kentucky. John Gregory of member station KFPL in Kentucky spent some time with Berry and has this profile.
Growing up on a kibbutz
Matt Gutman reports on Israel’s kibbutz movement; the communal settlements were aimed at creating a newer, better human, but critics say the experience took an emotional toll on people who were raised in communal fashion in a kibbutz.