Brian Kaller

Brian Kaller worked as a newspaper reporter and magazine editor in the United States before moving to rural Ireland to raise his daughter. There he grew food and raised chickens on a homestead and tried his hand at blacksmithing, basketry, wall-building, knifemaking, woodworking, winemaking, beekeeping, and old methods of food preservation, among other crafts. For 17 years he has written a weekly column on sustainable living for Irish newspapers, which has a strong following and has been...See more

Brian Kaller worked as a newspaper reporter and magazine editor in the United States before moving to rural Ireland to raise his daughter. There he grew food and raised chickens on a homestead and tried his hand at blacksmithing, basketry, wall-building, knifemaking, woodworking, winemaking, beekeeping, and old methods of food preservation, among other crafts. For 17 years he has written a weekly column on sustainable living for Irish newspapers, which has a strong following and has been reprinted on environmentalist websites, including ... Mr. Kaller has written about traditional life for Mother Earth News, Grit, and The Dallas Morning News. He has also written for The American Conservative, First Things, and Quillette. He has appeared on Ireland's national television station, RTE, to comment on American politics and has given frequent talks at churches and universities throughout the United States. Mr. Kaller's experiments with traditional food preservation have been featured on the popular BBC television series QI. See less