farming
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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
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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
Charles van Heck's Woodhull Journal 