The Midland Agrarian: Appleseed Project in the News

Friday, April 24, 2009

Appleseed Project in the News

Here is a news story on last Patriot's Day from the new Appleseed you tube channel.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: I'm glad that the reporters were nice about the project, especially in this day and time.

Thanks for the link.

kelly; April 25, 2009 at 8:59 PM
The Midland Agrarian said...: Thanks for stopping by!; April 25, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Hercules Mulligan said...: Wow, this sounds like a GREAT group! Thanks for sharing about it!; May 18, 2009 at 5:35 PM
The Midland Agrarian said...: Thanks for stopping by. I enjoy reading your various writings. I think you would really like the combination of history and marksmanship at appleseed and there is a program in NY state.; May 19, 2009 at 12:32 PM

Why the Midland Agrarian?

Cultural geographers and students of dialect call the great area of the Ohio valley, upper South and lower Midwest the "midlands of the US". The midland dialect around here includes words such as "redding" for cleaning up our rooms, the "Crick" where we get fish or swim, "youns" for plural "you" and "warshing" for the laundry. Cultural artifacts from the midlands include forebay barns.

Western Pennsylvania was also once a part of the "middle ground" between the Great Lakes and the main portion of the Ohio Valley.

I chose the name "midland" agrarian to distinguish between the many fine southern agrarian writers (Like Wendell Berry), and the truly northern agrarian writers, like Russell Kirk and Eric Sloane. This was not an attempt to place myself in their company, but to recognize the unique aspects of my home country, which I love.