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The Wendell Berry Farming Program

John Fea   |  March 26, 2019

It is a two-year degree program with Sterling College in Craftsbury, Vermont and it is run by the Berry Center in New Castle, Kentucky  Learn more from Latria Graham‘s piece at Garden & Gun.  Here is a taste: Now, the...

What Happens When the Economy of an Iowa Town is Powered by Workers that Trump Wants to Deport?

John Fea   |  October 1, 2018

Ryan Lizza‘s recent piece on Iowa dairy farmers, immigration, and Devin Nunes‘s family is riveting.  A few key points: The Nunes family farm is not located in California.  The family moved it to northwest Iowa over a decade ago. The...

Americans and Land

John Fea   |  March 23, 2018

Earlier this week President Donald Trump tweeted: Our Nation was founded by farmers. Our independence was won by farmers. And our continent was tamed by farmers. Our farmers always lead the way — we are PROUD of them, and we...

The Author's Corner with William Thomas Okie

  |  January 30, 2017

William Thomas Okie is Assistant Professor of History Education at Kennesaw State University. This interview is based on his new book, The Georgia Peach: Culture, Agriculture, and Environment in the American South (Cambridge University Press, 2016). JF: What led you to...

Christian James: Digital History and Agricultural History at AHA 2016

John Fea   |  January 9, 2016

We are glad to have Christian James writing for us at The Way of Improvement Leads Home this weekend.  James is a Technical Information Specialist at the National Agricultural Library in Beltsville, Maryland. Here is his first post:–JF This year’s AHA...

11th Century Farming in the 21st Century

John Fea   |  July 15, 2014

Keith Ferrell, the former editor of Omni magazine, lives on a farm in Virginia.  He works his farm with the tools available to 11th century farmers.  He tells his story in this essay at Aeon.  Here is a taste: I arrived...

Tom Okie Wins Nevins Prize

John Fea   |  May 27, 2013

Congratulations to Tom Okie, the winner of the Allan Nevins Dissertation Prize.  The Nevins prize is given by the Society of American Historians to the best-written doctoral dissertation in American history.  Tom’s dissertation is titled “Everything is Peaches Down in...

Archiving Agricultural Change

John Fea   |  March 20, 2013

The National Museum of American History is collecting stories about American’s experience with the land.  They are calling it the Agricultural Innovation and Heritage Archive and are currently asking people to share their agricultural stories through their website. Here is...

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