The Absolute Meaning of Community

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"I don't think there's anything more important for a human to do," he says. "Some kind of contribution to building a better world around them with their partner, with their family, with their community, with their country." He is 'looking at how can I help people maybe haven't got land come onto my farm and we'll have some sort of cooperative that grows maybe fruit and veg'

James Rebanks's family has raised sheep in the same small English village for at least four centuries. There are records of people with his same last name going back a few hundred more. Even his sheep are rooted in place: their DNA is from Viking times. It's enough to make anyone feel insignificant--and according to Rebanks, that's a wonderful thing. Listen as the author of The Shepherd's Life speaks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the deep pleasures and humbling privilege of being a sheep farmer.