Wendell Berry, a Kentucky-born author and agrarian, has died at the age of 92. ^[1] Wendell Berry was 92 years old at the time of his death. ^[2] Wendell Berry was known for celebrating farming communities in his native state and warning of the excesses of an industrial, commercialized society. ^[3] Berry lived on Lanes Landing Farm in Henry County, west of the Kentucky River, for more than 60 years with his wife Tanya and their children Mary and Pryor. ^[4] Berry's 1977 book The Unsettling of America argued against mechanized farming and promoted a Christian economy where households are centers of production and care. ^[5] In his 1977 manifesto 'The Unsettling of America,' Berry attacked the consolidation and mechanization of agriculture as a violation of the natural order. ^[6]