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Yes, like every homesteader, Berry is a bit of a LARPer. Even his sparse lifestyle relies on a lot of products and services developed in technological society.
by maliker 1mo ago
Yes, like every homesteader, Berry is a bit of a LARPer. Even his sparse lifestyle relies on a lot of products and services developed in technological society. He's still a good read though.
- jollyllama 1mo ago[flagged]
- buildsjets 1mo agoI hate people, but I love gatherings. Ironic, isn't it?
- ChickeNES 1mo agoI thought HN discourages canned responses like yours? Do you have a response to the actual dependency argument?
- grigri907 1mo agoI mean, he was a career farmer (and writer and teacher) not a homesteader. He had his pet issues with technology but he never advocated for isolating oneself from society. I wouldn't call it LARPing if someone just figures out the life he wants to live and then does it for 90 some-odd years.
- hunterpayne 1mo agoI grew up on a farm about 100 miles from where this guy lived. I have never heard of him until now. The type of farming he did wasn't used on working farms since before he (1930s) was born. And there aren't any working farms along the Kentucky river. So yes, he was a LARPer. PS Its distilleries that are along the river and the land there is far too hilly to grow row crops.
- ChickeNES 1mo agoFunnily enough, in 2022 he spoke against a 25-warehouse bourbon campus being built nearby, saying the land was being sacrificed to “tourism and whiskey.” Weird way to support local industry (and his local community) in Kentucky!
- Guthwine 1mo agoBerry was much more concerned with the health of small-scale family farms and the land than supporting a 600-acre tourism complex.
- Guthwine 1mo agoBerry, besides actively having a farm in Henry County, raised money, provided education and resources for local farmers in the community + around the region via The Wendell Berry Center / Our Home Place Meat, others. To say he wasn't practicing what he preached is disingenuous. He did a lot of great work.