agrarian
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In a long career before his death in August, at the age of 92, the agrarian writer Wendell Berry argued that modern agriculture was decimating family farms, hollowing out rural communities and poisoning the planet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The prolific and acclaimed writer and activist used his liberal beliefs and his agrarian roots in Kentucky to craft novels, poems and essays connecting the natural world to humankind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
People across the world adapt to a more agrarian lifestyle, learning to fill the land with root vegetables, grains and legumes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Factories in the industrializing North churned out munitions in volumes the agrarian South couldn’t touch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Perhaps an agrarian or pastoral civilization, with less culture and less people would be better.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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