“Kentucky writer and conservationist Wendell Berry once wrote: “Beware the machinery of longevity. When a man’s life is over the decent thing is for him to die. The forest does not withhold itself from death.”
A lover of forests, the farmer, author and former English professor died on Monday at his home in Port Royal, according to the New York Times and other media reports. He was 92.”
– Kentucky Lantern (August 31, 2026)
Wendell Berry is dead
Facebook tributes fill my feed
Beside a President post
Calling farms without data centers
Backwards – impeding progress
Wendell wrote that
Impeded streams sing
I feel the need to impede
Not just feed – plant seeds
As Wendell is laid to rest
His spirit rises from the dead
His community remembers him well
His land is better from his care
The Mad Farmer no longer labors
It’s time we pick up his plow
His pencil and paper –
Cultivate a Life Manifesto
Wendell Berry is dead
Long live Wendell Berry!
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