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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822790503321

Autore

Carlisle Liz

Titolo

Healing grounds : climate, justice, and the deep roots of regenerative farming / / Liz Carlisle; with illustrations by Patricia Wakida

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : Island Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

1-64283-222-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

SalvadorRicardo

Disciplina

630.89/00973

Soggetti

Farmers - United States

Agriculture - United States - History

Farm produce - United States

Agriculteurs - États-Unis

Agriculture - États-Unis - Histoire

Produits agricoles - États-Unis

Agriculture

Farm produce

Farmers

History

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover -- About Island Press -- Subscribe -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Can Soil Really Save Us? -- Chapter 1: Return of the Buffalo -- Chapter 2: Black Land Matters -- Chapter 3: Hidden Hotspots of Biodiversity -- Chapter 4: Putting Down Roots -- Conclusion: Healing Grounds -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author -- Island Press | Board of Directors.

Sommario/riassunto

"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."--