Soil Stories Gallery

This is a collection of stories of connections to soil from soil stewards around Sedgwick County. You will discover powerful quotes about soil, articles about farms or  farmers or history, audio interviews, and a few video interviews as well. The soil beneath our feet is not only an immensely valuable resource, but also a repository of the stories of the people in a particular place.
Thank you for pausing to dig in and encounter these stories of soil in Sedgwick County.

“The soil is the great connector of our lives, the source and destination of all.”
​-Wendell Berry, The Unsettling of America, 1977

Welcome to the Soil Stories Gallery
Please click on each photo to learn more

Thank you to Mae McGee for the audio and video editing and production.
Thank you to Matthew Johnson for composing and performing the theme music.
Special thanks to the many individuals who contributed to Soil Stories!