Farmer‑poet Wendell Berry’s environmental ethics were deeply rooted in his Christian faith and belief in caring for creation

Photo: Wendell Berry reads one of his poems from “This Day: New and Collected Sabbath Poems” at the Festival of Faiths – May 14, 2014. Attribution: “DSC_7070” by Festival of Faiths via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Kristy Nabhan-Warren. The Conversation – updated: September 7, 2026.

For most of his 92 years, Wendell Berry farmed his Lane’s Landing homestead in Henry County, Kentucky, using methods that embraced the land. He preferred draft horses to diesel-powered tractors and used crop rotation and manure fertilizer to naturally nurture his fields. The widely revered poet-farmer, who wrote passionately about rural American life and humans’ responsibility to care for the land, believed in practicing what he preached. Those beliefs were rooted firmly in his Christian Baptist faith. […]

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