The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture
1977
Collection of essays by the Kentucky author and farmer, Wendell Berry.
Key Takeaways:
- Critiques industrial agriculture as a cultural and spiritual crisis, not just a technical or economic shift.
- Links soil abuse, rural decline, and corporate agribusiness to a loss of community, scale, and stewardship.
- Helped frame “sustainable agriculture” as a moral and philosophical project, influencing generations of food and farm activists.