Unsettling of America

Arguing that good farming is a cultural development and spiritual discipline, this text goes on to claim that modern agribusiness has taken farming out of its cultural context and away from families, thereby estranging Americans from intimate knowledge, love and care of the land.

Wendell Berry (born August 5, 1934, Henry County, Kentucky) is an American man of letters, academic, cultural and economic critic, and farmer. He is a prolific author of novels, short stories, poems, and essays. He is also an elected member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers.