Gathering Chips
One of my favorite photographs hangs in my bathroom.
At its center is a wheelbarrow, with wooden handles, braces, and legs. The ten-spoke wheel is iron. Cow chips – dry dung – are stacked two feet high in the tray. …
Agriculture
Agriculture, Place
Stacking Wood
This piece was originally written as part of a larger poetry and prose project that explored the author’s relationship with his family’s farm in Tennessee. Over a month-long span, he reflected daily on the lessons that the place and its …
Agriculture, Human Landscape
Red Soil, Green Gold, Dark Secrets
he bones of deceased Guaraní shamans used to decorate forest pockets in pre-colonial times, when Mata Atlântica, “The Atlantic Forest,” still stretched out its arms across South America. From modern-day northeastern Argentina to the southern Brazilian coast, the “Atlantic …
Agriculture, Culture, Politics
Urban Farm-Fed Cities: Lessons from Cuba’s Organopónicos
An intimate portrait of urban farms in Cuba explores the implications for sustainable agriculture and food access for urban communities.
Agriculture, Climate, Photo Essay
Farmers Adapt to a Changing Climate in Burkina Faso
A photojournalist captures the impacts of climate change on agriculture in Burkina Faso, and the innovative solutions these communities have responded with in adjusting to a new climate reality.
Agriculture, Culture
Who is Watching the Land?
Wendell Berry and the Resettling of America
The agrarian prophet discusses food, farming, and why he has hope.