Practical Tools

By Charles Massy, Chelsea Green

Foreword by Nicolette Hahn Niman In Call of the Reed Warbler, Charles Massy explores regenerative agriculture and the vital connection between our soil and our health. It is the story of how a grassroots revolution—a true underground insurgency—can save the planet, help reduce and reverse climate change, and build healthy people and healthy communities, pivoting significantly on our relationship with growing and consuming food. Using his personal experience as a touchstone—from an unknowing, chemical-using farmer with dead soils to a radical ecologist farmer carefully regenerating a 2000-hectare property to a state of natural health—Massy tells the real story behind industrial agriculture and the global profit-obsessed corporations driving it. With evocative stories, he shows how other innovative and courageous farmers are finding a new way. At stake is not only a revolution in human health and in our communities, but the very survival of the planet. For farmers, backyard gardeners, food buyers,...

July 22, 2019

Local is Our Future

By Helena Norberg-Hodge

We’re delighted to present Helena Norberg-Hodge’s new book, Local is Our Future. This book connects the dots between our social, economic, ecological and spiritual crises, revealing how a systemic shift from global to local can address these seemingly disparate problems simultaneously. Distilling the wisdom gleaned from four decades of activism and direct experience in both the global North and South, Helena lucidly deconstructs the old narrative of ‘progress’ through technological advance and corporate growth, while presenting a concise and compelling case for economic localization. Her arguments are supported by real-world examples proving that – beneath the radar of the mainstream media and far from the fetishized techno-utopia of Silicon Valley – healthy and vibrant futures, built upon connection to nature and community, are already in the making. Published by Local Futures Order from our online store We’d like to encourage readers to discuss the book as part of a book club or other...

July 9, 2019

A Concerned Citizen: Civics in Action

By Susan Utell, Bo Boudart, Bullfrog Films

Marine toxicologist Dr. Riki Ott, who helped fishing communities hit by the Exxon Valdez and Deepwater Horizon spills, creates a civics course to help young activists become effective.

May 13, 2019

Seven Ways to Build Resilience

By Chris Johnstone, Little, Brown Book Group

This engaging, practical book draws together scientific understanding, real life examples and proven methods in describing how you can develop seven essential skills that help your resilience grow.

May 10, 2019

Falter

By Bill McKibben, Palgrave Macmillan

Thirty years ago Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about climate change. Now he broadens the warning: the entire human game, he suggests, has begun to play itself out.

April 23, 2019

Growing a Revolution with Soil

By David R. Montgomery, W.W. Norton

In Growing a Revolution, geologist David R. Montgomery travels the world, meeting farmers at the forefront of an agricultural movement to restore soil health.

March 26, 2019

An Agroecological Europe in 2050: Multifunctional Agriculture for Healthy Eating

By Xavier Poux, Pierre-Marie Aubert, IDDRI

Jointly addressing the challenges of ensuring sustainable food for Europeans, protecting biodiversity and natural resources, and mitigating climate change calls for a profound transition in our agri-food system.

March 12, 2019

Food from the Radical Center

By Gary Paul Nabhan, Island Press

In Food from the Radical Center, Gary Nabhan tells the stories of diverse communities who are getting their hands dirty and bringing back North America's unique fare: bison, sturgeon, camas lilies, ancient grains, turkeys, and more.

March 5, 2019

Empowering Women Farmers in Zambia through Natural Agriculture with Shumei International

By Barbara Hachipuka Banda, Oxford Real Farming Conference

In 2004, Shumei International partnered with the Mbabala Women Farmers’ Co- Operative Union to introduce Natural Agriculture in Zambia.

January 24, 2019

Nourishment

By Fred Provenza, Chelsea Green

In Nourishment Provenza presents his thesis of the wisdom body, a wisdom that links flavor-feedback relationships at a cellular level with biochemically rich foods to meet the body’s nutritional and medicinal needs.