Charles van Heck's Woodhull Journal

Agriculture

  • The Cost of Loss and Leaving

    There is a peculiar, empty feeling one gets watching a farm close. The loss of a family tradition, a way of life, and, too often today, a community’s resource for economic survival. Continue reading

  • The Ties That Bind: The Earthly Gifts and the Stories We Need to Hear

    In the American imagination, small town, rural living offers a slower lifestyle in close knit communities, and affordable living. This idealized perception misses the deeper reality of humanity’s place in creation. Wendell Berry succinctly captures this when he observes: “Old… Continue reading

  • DISCUSSING THE UNDISCUSSED

    On April 14th, Bob Confer wrote an article for The Wellsville Sun titled “The Deadly Stress of Farming: New York farmers are committing suicide at alarming rates, help is available.” His piece has haunted me since reading it. I am… Continue reading