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Hogs Are Up: Stories of the Land, with Digressions reveals what makes Wes Jackson tick. What kind of lessons does he draw from his unique life experiences, and how do they shape his profoundly revolutionary worldview? Sometimes funny, sometimes wistful, always insightful, this volume demonstrates that when telling a good story, digressions can be the main point. Born during the Great Depression, Jackson tells stories of his youth on a diversified farm in the Kansas River Valley near Topeka, Kansas, culminating in more than forty years of leadership to radically transform agriculture, literally at its very roots. Wes Jackson draws deeply from the lessons learned from his experience dating from World War II to his work at The Land Institute to establish a new Natural Systems Agriculture. But this book is more than that. It includes an eclectic mix of thinkers and doers he’s met along the way.
Two new books share the life stories from Wes Jackson, a Salina-based scientist, author and visionary founder of The Land Institute, a leader in the international sustainable agriculture movement.
Aug 31, 2021 to Sep 02, 2021
A focus on conservation of irrigation water and nutrient use efficiency has led Andy and LaVell Winsor to experiment with subsurface drip irrigation technology.
The Winsors farm the diverse contours, soil types and bottom ground of the Kansas River Valley between Topeka and Lawrence, Kan. They are installing the final phase of a drip tape project that began in 2015, using a 2020 Conservation Demonstration Grant from the American Soybean Association (ASA), funded by the Walton Family Foundation.
ASA and Walton Family Foundation Conservation Champions and ASA Conservation Legacy Award winners from the past five years were eligible to apply for the grant. The Winsors’ farm was one of three farm operations to receive a cost-share grant this past fall to demonstrate new next-level conservation practices.
02/15/2021
“I’m Robert Jensen. I’ll be your guide into the restless and relentless mind of Wes Jackson. I first bumped into Wes’ work more than three decades ago, and his ideas have had a profound influence on my thinking about society and ecology.”
Robert Jensen was joined by Wes Jackson as Mr. Jackson reflects on his life and career, with his new book
Hogs Are Up: Stories of the Land, with Digressions scheduled to be published in March. Widely recognized as a leader in the sustainable agriculture movement, Mr. Jackson is a biologist and author who co-founded The Land Institute, a Kansas-based research organization dedicated to furthering sustainable agricultural practices. He previously served as a professor at Kansas Wesleyan University and at California State University, Sacramento, where he established the school’s environmental studies program. During the interview, Mr. Jackson chronicles his four decades of work in the sustainable agriculture movement, his own