Established in 2011, The Berry Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing focus, knowledge and cohesion to the work of changing our ruinous industrial agricultural system into a system and culture that uses nature as the standard, accepts no permanent damage to the ecosphere, and takes into consideration human health in local communities.
When we consider these objectives, the remarkable accomplishments of three Kentuckians stand out. The works of author Wendell Berry, his father, lawyer and farmer John M. Berry, Sr., and his brother, state senator and lawyer, John M. Berry, Jr. reflect a single vision: a state and a nation of prosperous well-tended farms serving and supporting healthy local communities.
When we consider these objectives, the remarkable accomplishments of three Kentuckians stand out. The works of author Wendell Berry, his father, lawyer and farmer John M. Berry, Sr., and his brother, state senator and lawyer, John M. Berry, Jr. reflect a single vision: a state and a nation of prosperous well-tended farms serving and supporting healthy local communities.
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Establishing a cooperative for Henry County, KY farmers to sell to local markets and addressing the fundamental challenges of creating local food economies. Providing future farmers with an education in agrarian though and practice, serving students from generational farm families, rural communities, and urban agrarians around the nation.
Our Home Place Meat
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Our Home Place Meat, an initiative of The Berry Center, is offering exceptional meat to customers, ensuring stable income for small family farmers through good farming practices and a cooperative culture, and continuing the legacy of Wendell Berry's agrarian vision. The Berry Center established Our Home Place Meat in 2017 to develop a cooperative for small to midsize livestock farmers to sell local meat to regional markets.
The Wendell Berry Farming Program of Sterling College
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The complexity of our present trouble suggests as never before that we need to change our present concept of education. Its proper use is to enable citizens to live lives that are economically, politically, socially, and culturally responsible. Established in 2012, The Wendell Berry Farming Program provides future farmers with an education in agrarian thought and practice that is holistic and place-based.
The Archive Of The Berry Center
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Collecting and preserving works that offer compelling insights into good farming and land use and the rich culture of rural communities over the last century.
Welcome to the archive and the library at The Berry Center, established in 2011 in New Castle, Kentucky for the purpose of acquiring, cataloging, and preserving the papers of lawyer, farmer civic leader, and president of the Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, John M. Berry, Sr. and his sons, author Wendell Berry and former Kentucky state senator, John M. Berry, Jr.
Welcome to the archive and the library at The Berry Center, established in 2011 in New Castle, Kentucky for the purpose of acquiring, cataloging, and preserving the papers of lawyer, farmer civic leader, and president of the Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, John M. Berry, Sr. and his sons, author Wendell Berry and former Kentucky state senator, John M. Berry, Jr.
The Agrarian Culture Center And Bookstore At The Berry Center
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The Bookstore at The Berry Center is located at 129 S. Main St. in New Castle, KY and is housed in an historic, 200-year-old cabin. We carry all of Wendell Berry's in-print titles, along with rare signed books. The rest of our collection reflects Wendell's home library, Kentucky authors, handmade books and broadsides from Larkspur Press (Monterey, KY), books that serve our home community, a large children's section (upstairs), and best sellers.
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