The author, farmer, and environmental activist Wendell Berry, who died on Monday, was a preeminent voice for the land, writing in prose and poetry about agrarian themes, extolling living with the rhythms of nature, and railing against the consolidation and corporatization of American agriculture. … Mas Masumoto, [San Joaquin Valley] organic peach and nectarine farmer and the author of nine books: I consumed the words of Wendell Berry as I forged a life on our family farm. He opened a door to realize that our peaches only grew with a community of people around us. … Wendell Berry helped me connect my farm with the world: farming was more than just dirt and sweat, it must include the social and political worlds that feed us. Berry wrote “Eating is an agricultural act” which inspired many to foster the belief: “Eating is a political act.”