Review: Healing Grounds: Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming, by Liz Carlisle

Book Review| August 01 2023 Review: Healing Grounds: Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming, by Liz Carlisle Healing Grounds: Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming, Liz Carlisle, Washington, DC: Island Press, 2022, 200 pp. Illustrations. $28.00 (hardcover); (eBook) Leslie Spencer Leslie Spencer University of Vermont Leslie.Spencer@uvm.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Leslie.Spencer@uvm.edu Gastronomica (2023) 23 (3): 96–97. https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2023.23.3.96 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Leslie Spencer; Review: Healing Grounds: Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming, by Liz Carlisle. Gastronomica 1 August 2023; 23 (3): 96–97. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2023.23.3.96 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentGastronomica Search What is regenerative farming, other than a buzzword? In my experience studying food systems, the term is all about land and how to restore ecosystem health—for example, through cover cropping—that has been degraded by conventional agricultural practices. Recently, I met some cannabis growers in Vermont who claim that their product, grown inside, is regenerative. What then counts as regenerative farming? In her latest book, Healing Grounds, Liz Carlisle pushes her readers to think more deeply about how we use the term “regenerative farming,” as it is often overused and loses its meaning. What is being regenerated, why, and by whom? Carlisle encourages us to think about people, the group that is so often left out of scientific conversations about farming. So-called regenerative farming practices, often touted as new and innovative, generally have deep-rooted histories within marginalized communities. Carlisle highlights how the foundation of the U.S. food system is... You do not currently have access to this content.