Bill Vitek is a philosopher, educator, author and musician. For thirty years he has collaborated with Wes Jackson—co-founder and President Emeritus of The Land Institute—on projects of mutual interest, including two co-edited books Rooted in the Land and The Virtues of Ignorance) and, since 2011, an educational framework informed by perennial, regenerative agriculture. Bill is Scholar in Residence at Middlebury College and Professor Emeritus, Clarkson University, where he taught philosophy for 32 years.