Healing grounds climate, justice, and the deep roots of regenerative farming
In Healing Grounds, Liz Carlisle tells the stories of Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and Asian American farmers who are reviving their ancestors' methods of growing food--techniques long suppressed by the industrial food system. These farmers are restoring native prairies, nurturing beneficial fung...
| Main Author: | Carlisle, Liz (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Wakida, Patricia (Illustrator), Salvador, Ricardo J. (writer of foreword.) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington :
Island Press,
[2022]
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| Summary: |
In Healing Grounds, Liz Carlisle tells the stories of Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and Asian American farmers who are reviving their ancestors' methods of growing food--techniques long suppressed by the industrial food system. These farmers are restoring native prairies, nurturing beneficial fungi, and enriching soil health. While feeding their communities and revitalizing cultural ties to land, they are steadily stitching ecosystems back together and repairing the natural carbon cycle. This, Carlisle shows, is the true regenerative agriculture--not merely a set of technical tricks for storing CO2 in the ground, but a holistic approach that values diversity in both plants and people. Cultivating this kind of regenerative farming will require reckoning with our nation's agricultural history--a history marked by discrimination and displacement. And it will ultimately require dismantling power structures that have blocked many farmers of color from owning land or building wealth. The task is great, but so is its promise. By coming together to restore these farmlands, we can not only heal our planet, we can heal our communities and ourselves. |
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| Physical Description: |
xiii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-216) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781642832211 1642832219 |
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