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J. Russell Smith

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Sep 15, 2026

Wendell BerryGUEST
17:14
I think these people have examined their own needs, their own places, and they've tried to fit their work to the place.
Wendell BerryGUEST
17:25
And that's the burden of good land use, is fitting, as J. Russell Smith said, fitting the farming to the farm.
Wendell BerryGUEST
17:34
Yeah.
Wendell BerryGUEST
17:37
So you call yourself an agrarian.
Wendell BerryGUEST
45:04
Yes, that was the principle that governed the experimental work and the thought of the English agriculturist, Albert Howard.
Wendell BerryGUEST
45:23
It also governed the work of J. Russell Smith in his book, Tree Crops, who said, we must fit the farming to the farm.
Wendell BerryGUEST
45:34
And all this is confirmed.
Wendell BerryGUEST
45:39
And that kind of thinking has been carried on and developed further, I think, by Wes Jackson and his colleagues at the Land Institute in Kansas.
Wendell BerryGUEST
45:04
Yes, that was the principle that governed the experimental work and the thought of the English agriculturist, Albert Howard.
Wendell BerryGUEST
45:23
It also governed the work of J. Russell Smith in his book, Tree Crops, who said, we must fit the farming to the farm.
Wendell BerryGUEST
45:34
And all this is confirmed.
Wendell BerryGUEST
45:39
And that kind of thinking has been carried on and developed further, I think, by Wes Jackson and his colleagues at the Land Institute in Kansas.

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