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Fertile Ground: proven pathways to building fair and climate-resilient food systems with agroecology
Looking for agroecology and regenerative farming books grounded in real-world experience? Get your free copy of Fertile Ground and explore how agroecology—powered by local knowledge, science, and farmer-led movements—scales from small farms to transform food systems, regenerate landscapes, and build climate resilience. Featuring practical case studies and decades of fieldwork, this essential guide reveals agroecology’s potential to tackle today’s most urgent global challenges.
Transforming Food Systems with Agroecology
Smallholder farmers—2.5 billion people working on 500 million farms—hold the key to solving some of humanity’s most pressing challenges: hunger, poverty, climate change, and environmental degradation.
Fertile Ground: Scaling Agroecology from the Ground Up goes beyond diagnosing the problems of industrial agriculture. This book provides practical strategies, field-tested innovations, and real-life examples of how agroecology can be scaled to build more resilient, equitable, and sustainable food systems.
Purchasing the book will count as a donation. Your gift will directly impact smallholder farmers in the Global South and help them transform local food systems and communities.
‘If the food system is made sustainable, it’ll be because of examples like those in this book. Mark Twain has some words for Big Ag: ‘Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.’ This book is filled with good examples that demonstrate the profound potential for agroecology to address everything from climate change to domestic violence. These stories aren’t just inspiration – they’re ammunition for a debate about the future of food and farming.’
Raj Patel
Activist, academic, author of Stuffed and Starved‘Fertile Ground provides us with a global testimony of key agroecological experiences from the Americas, Africa and Europe. As interest in agroecology grows, there is a need to critically assess the evidence of its potential to fully integrate science, practice and social movements to build more sustainable food systems. This volume represents a pivotal contribution to achieving this goal.’
V. Ernesto Méndez
Ph.D., Professor of Agroecology & Environmental Studies, University of VermontWhat you’ll learn from Fertile Ground
This in-depth book offers:
🌱 Insights into the power of community-led action, where family farmers act as change agents, shaping a more democratic, just, and resilient future.
🌱 Nine case studies and dozens of firsthand farmer stories from Brazil, Haiti, Mali, Ecuador, the Netherlands, and more, showcasing practical, ground-up approaches to agroecological transformation.
🌱 Actionable lessons and strategies drawn from farmers, organizations, and researchers innovating in the agroecology and regenerative agriculture space.
Whether you’re a researcher, policymaker, student, or practitioner, Fertile Ground equips you with the inspiration and tools to understand and support agroecology to transform our food systems.
Fertile Ground is available in English, French, and Spanish
Download your free copy and add it to your regenerative farming book library!