Sat. Aug. 13, 2022, 10-11:30 a.m.
Pioneer Bluffs, 695 KS-177, Matfield Green, KS 66862
Kansas native son, MacArthur Genius Award winner and co-founder of The Land Institute, Wes Jackson, has deep roots in Matfield Green. In the late 1990s, Jackson launched ‘The Matfield Green Project,” purchasing and rehabbing a number of abandoned properties in the town including the former elementary school, which is now the School for Rural Culture and Creativity, a nonprofit he admires.
Wes, a prolific writer, has a new book coming out Sept. 1 that has a more sober theme than last year’s delightful, “Hogs Are Up: Stories of the Land, With Digressions.” “An Inconvenient Apocalypse” confronts harsh ecological realities and argues that humanity’s future will be defined not by expansion but by contraction.
The beautifully restored, well-ventilated loft of the historic barn at Pioneer Bluffs is the setting for this chance to hear one of Kansas’s premier thinkers and gifted storytellers discuss the weightiest issues of our day.
Guests are invited to bring a picnic lunch and linger on the beautiful grounds of the historic ranch stead and the shady banks of Crocker Creek. Bring sun-protective clothing, bug spray and a refillable water bottle if you wish to hike the new Pioneer Bluffs Nature Trail.
Maximum guests: 50