Tag Archives: farming

The Joys of September Threshing

Kavanagh captures the joys of communal farming in this harvesting poem. My farmer’s-daughter wife says he’s spot on.

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Earth Day: Enriching the Earth

Wendell Berry’s “Enriching the Earth” is a good poem with which to celebrate Earth Day.

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We Are Losing Touch with the Earth

Berry’s “Remembering” is a stinging attack on big agriculture. It touches on personal issues as well.

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Not Your Father’s Apple Cider

A visit to my cousins’ hard apple cider processing plant showed me that making the beverage has changed markedly since the days of John Keats and Robert Frost.

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