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The American wisdom literature of farming

The American wisdom literature of farming Jan Wojcik Jan Wojcik is associate professor of English and Com- parative Literature at Purdue University, where he teaches courses in American Nature Writing, the Literature of Engineering, and the Bible as Literature. He directs a speakers program to bring faculty from Agriculture and from the Humanities together to hear discussed topics of mutual interest. In the past, speakers have included Wendell Berry and Wes Jackson. He has authored a book on medical ethics, Muted Consent, and co-edited two collections of essays on the Bible as literature. David Schwamberger, a young bachelor One said it was to pass on good farm farmer in a seed company cap and a land to the children; another said he striped shirt stood up to his knees in wanted to set a good example by a thousand acres of soybeans on an farming organically. There was a early September day a few years ago, silence, and then Jones said he farmed outside of the town of Brookston, for the money and wanted to make lots Indiana, near the turn off by the of it. His fellow farmers booed. Orville Redenbacher Pop Corn silos. Both Schwamberger and Jones were He was trying to explain http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Agriculture and Human Values Springer Journals

The American wisdom literature of farming

Wojcik, Jan
Agriculture and Human Values , Volume 1 (4) – Apr 5, 2005
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Springer Journals
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Philosophy; Ethics; Agricultural Economics; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; History, general; Evolutionary Biology
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0889-048X
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1572-8366
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10.1007/BF01535976
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Jan Wojcik Jan Wojcik is associate professor of English and Com- parative Literature at Purdue University, where he teaches courses in American Nature Writing, the Literature of Engineering, and the Bible as Literature. He directs a speakers program to bring faculty from Agriculture and from the Humanities together to hear discussed topics of mutual interest. In the past, speakers have included Wendell Berry and Wes Jackson. He has authored a book on medical ethics, Muted Consent, and co-edited two collections of essays on the Bible as literature. David Schwamberger, a young bachelor One said it was to pass on good farm farmer in a seed company cap and a land to the children; another said he striped shirt stood up to his knees in wanted to set a good example by a thousand acres of soybeans on an farming organically. There was a early September day a few years ago, silence, and then Jones said he farmed outside of the town of Brookston, for the money and wanted to make lots Indiana, near the turn off by the of it. His fellow farmers booed. Orville Redenbacher Pop Corn silos. Both Schwamberger and Jones were He was trying to explain

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