It’s a book about a way of life essentially unchanged for centuries in an era that’s all about change and flux. New York Times: ‘The Shepherd’s Life,’ by James Rebanks, an English Sheep Farmer - "James Rebanks’s captivating new book about his family’s small sheep farm in England is also a book about continuity and roots and a sense of belonging in an age that’s increasingly about mobility and self-invention. Former VP of programming for Live Well Network. ( Allen, co-owner of Savage Hart Farm in Hartford, VT. Author of the new book, " The Shepherd's Life: Modern Dispatches From An Ancient Landscape." Also sustainable tourism adviser for UNESCO. James Rebanks, shepherd of a flock of 450 sheep. "The Shepherd’s Life." - Tom Ashbrook Guests But would you want the work? This hour On Point, news from the hills. Maybe it’s a sign of others’ longing for that sense of continuity and rootedness, the land. He’s written the story of that life, the shepherd’s life, in a new book that’s getting raves all over. Rebanks is a shepherd in the far north of England, on land his family has farmed since ancient days. For James Rebanks, that is only partly true. Life is change, we hear a lot these days. A flock of sheep move through the fields on James Rebanks' farm in Cumbria, England. James Rebanks on the ancient and new life of the shepherd. This program was originally broadcast on June 4, 2015. Facebook Email This article is more than 6 years old.
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