About the book

No-till farming, composting, cover cropping, and rotational grazing are the techniques we associate with regenerative agriculture, a farming method that focuses on restoring ecosystem health and moving away from industrial farming techniques. But regenerative agriculture is about more than just ecology; to truly heal the land and address climate change, we must reckon with a history steeped in colonialism, displacement, and systemic racism.

…Regenerative agriculture can only be fully realized when the entire web is repaired so that the interconnected parts can function as a whole. This means attending to a component of the farm often left out of scientific discussions: people.”

-Liz Carlisle, author of Healing Grounds

In Healing Grounds, author and Professor of Environmental Studies at UC Santa Barbara, Liz Carlisle, explores the complex history of farming in the United States through the lens of four BIPOC women farmers—Indigenous, Black, Latina, and Asian American—who revive ancestral practices long suppressed by industrial agriculture. What emerges is a rich tapestry of cultural and ecological storytelling that reminds us that healing our planet goes hand-in-hand with confronting some difficult truths about our country’s past. But, in doing so, we will not only heal our planet, we can heal our communities and ourselves.