Novelist, poet, and essayist Wendell Berry is famous for his dedication to all manner of small-scale endeavors. He farms traditionally in Henry County, Kentucky. He praises economic arrangements that are disfavored by a global trade system. And he emphasizes the personal and human effect of decisions, whether communal, corporate, or individual. We will discuss Berry’s conception of the immeasurable goods—things too great, too small, or too unknown to be measured at all—and whether all such things are ultimately useful and practical. Or are the greatest goods of all totally useless?

On Friday, February 21, at 12:30 PM, join Nate Ijams (Morningside) for a lunch discussion on the world’s most famous mad farmer.