Kentucky writer, farmer and activist Wendell Berry died at 92 after decades spent arguing that protecting land, communities and human dignity required more than waiting on institutions to act.
Berry opposed the Vietnam War, factory farming and mountaintop removal, and became one of the country’s most influential voices for sustainable agriculture and conservation.
In this interview with Bill Moyers, he described growing “more radical” with age — not toward violence, but toward the belief that ordinary people had to push back against systems that put profit above everything else. For generations of readers, that was the heart of Berry’s work: start where you are, protect what’s in front of you, and don’t wait for permission.
