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Hear noted writer Wendell Berry at Iowa State Nationally known farmer, writer, conservationist and philosopher Wendell Berry promises to tackle a host of contemporary agriculture issues on Sunday, April 15, at the Iowa State University Memorial Union in Ames. His rare public appearance is sponsored by the Leopold Center as part of its 20th anniversary observance. Berry will be joined by his daughter, Mary Berry Smith, who farms and has a vineyard in Harris County, Kentucky. The 7 p.m. event will feature a discussion moderated by Laura Jackson, Leopold Center board member and University of Northern Iowa biology professor, joined by two well-known Iowa organic farmers: Francis Thicke of Fairfield and Laura Krouse of Mount Vernon, who also teaches biology at Cornell College. Berry is a prolific poet, essayist and novelist and has taught English at New York University and the University of Kentucky. Central themes for his work include responsiveness to one’s place, sustainable agriculture, appropriate technologies, healthy rural communities, reverence and the interconnectedness of life. The annual Shivvers Memorial Lecture in memory of John Shivvers, who farmed near Knoxville, is cosponsored by Gamma Sigma Delta Honorary Society for Agriculture and the ISU Committee on Lectures. |
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