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Wendell Berry vs. Earl Butz debate 1977

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00:10 Introduction to Dr. Butz 04:13 Dr. Butz - crisis vs. opportunity, nostalgia vs. progress 31:04 Introduction to Mr. Berry 31:40 Mr. Berry - relationship between society and agriculture 58:59 Dr. Butz - modern health, old vs. new ways of life 1:10:37 Mr. Berry - his own farmland, changing values 1:26:05 Q&A - horse farmers, the Amish, efficiency 1:32:24 Q&A - freedom, production quotas in the Tobacco Program 1:38:52 Q&A - land redistribution, adults learning to farm 1:41:35 Q&A - minimum number of farmers 1:42:54 Q&A - why don't people listen to farmers? 1:45:15 Q&A - how to redistribute land to farmers 1:46:58 Q&A - agriculture strike 1:48:07 Q&A - relationships between farmers, efficiency of big tractors 1:50:52 Q&A - loss of values, young people, Mark Twain This debate between Wendell Berry and Earl L. Butz (Secretary of Agriculture 1971-76) took place at Indiana’s Manchester College on November 13, 1977. At the time, Berry had recent …...more
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Introduction to Dr. Butz

0:10

Dr. Butz - crisis vs. opportunity, nostalgia vs. progress

4:13

Introduction to Mr. Berry

31:04

Mr. Berry - relationship between society and agriculture

31:40

Dr. Butz - modern health, old vs. new ways of life

58:59

Mr. Berry - his own farmland, changing values

1:10:37

Q&A - horse farmers, the Amish, efficiency

1:26:05

Q&A - freedom, production quotas in the Tobacco Program

1:32:24

Q&A - land redistribution, adults learning to farm

1:38:52

Q&A - minimum number of farmers

1:41:35

Q&A - why don't people listen to farmers?

1:42:54

Q&A - how to redistribute land to farmers

1:45:15

Q&A - agriculture strike

1:46:58

Q&A - relationships between farmers, efficiency of big tractors

1:48:07

Q&A - loss of values, young people, Mark Twain

1:50:52
Wendell Berry vs. Earl Butz debate 1977
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00:10 Introduction to Dr. Butz 04:13 Dr. Butz - crisis vs. opportunity, nostalgia vs. progress 31:04 Introduction to Mr. Berry 31:40 Mr. Berry - relationship between society and agriculture 58:59 Dr. Butz - modern health, old vs. new ways of life 1:10:37 Mr. Berry - his own farmland, changing values 1:26:05 Q&A - horse farmers, the Amish, efficiency 1:32:24 Q&A - freedom, production quotas in the Tobacco Program 1:38:52 Q&A - land redistribution, adults learning to farm 1:41:35 Q&A - minimum number of farmers 1:42:54 Q&A - why don't people listen to farmers? 1:45:15 Q&A - how to redistribute land to farmers 1:46:58 Q&A - agriculture strike 1:48:07 Q&A - relationships between farmers, efficiency of big tractors 1:50:52 Q&A - loss of values, young people, Mark Twain This debate between Wendell Berry and Earl L. Butz (Secretary of Agriculture 1971-76) took place at Indiana’s Manchester College on November 13, 1977. At the time, Berry had recently published his book The Unsettling of America, which included criticism of Butz and his role in promoting agribusiness. The debate was organized by English teacher Charles Boebel as part of the Life Schools Community Forum — The Crisis in American Agriculture, sponsored by the Indiana Committee for the Humanities. Contextual information from Spring 1978 issue of Coevolution. Excerpts from this recording were used in the 2017 documentary Look and See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry

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