{"title":"Liz Carlisle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiz Carlisle\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the intricate relationships between humans and the natural world, weaving together science and storytelling with remarkable insight. Her works, including \u003cem\u003eGrain by Grain\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHealing Grounds\u003c\/em\u003e, delve into topics such as agriculture, ecology, and environmental resilience, offering readers a thoughtful perspective on nature’s rhythms and cycles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect richly detailed narratives that blend scientific understanding with a deep appreciation for the landscapes and ecosystems that sustain us. Carlisle’s writing invites reflection on how we engage with the earth, making her books essential for anyone interested in the evolving dialogue between humanity and the environment.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"grain-by-grain-by-bob-quinn-9781642832440","title":"Grain by Grain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A compelling agricultural story skillfully told; environmentalists will eat it up.\" - \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Bob Quinn was a kid, a stranger at a county fair gave him a few kernels of an unusual grain. Little did he know, that grain would change his life. Years later, after finishing a PhD in plant biochemistry and returning to his family's farm in Montana, Bob started experimenting with organic wheat. In the beginning, his concern wasn't health or the environment; he just wanted to make a decent living and some chance encounters led him to organics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as demand for organics grew, so too did Bob's experiments. He discovered that through time-tested practices like cover cropping and crop rotation, he could produce successful yields-without pesticides. Regenerative organic farming allowed him to grow fruits and vegetables in cold, dry Montana, providing a source of local produce to families in his hometown. He even started producing his own renewable energy. And he learned that the grain he first tasted at the fair was actually a type of ancient wheat, one that was proven to lower inflammation rather than worsening it, as modern wheat does.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUltimately, Bob's forays with organics turned into a multimillion dollar heirloom grain company, Kamut International. In\u003ci\u003e Grain by Grain\u003c\/i\u003e, Quinn and cowriter Liz Carlisle, author of\u003ci\u003e Lentil Underground\u003c\/i\u003e, show how his story can become the story of American agriculture. We don't have to accept stagnating rural communities, degraded soil, or poor health. By following Bob's example, we can grow a healthy future, grain by grain.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47932165456108,"sku":"9781642832440","price":89.06,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781642832440-grain-by-grain.jpg?v=1783856377"},{"product_id":"healing-grounds-by-liz-carlisle-9781642832211","title":"Healing Grounds","description":"\u003cp\u003eA powerful movement is happening in farming today-farmers are reconnecting with their roots to fight climate change. For one woman, that's meant learning her tribe's history to help bring back the buffalo. For another, it's meant preserving forest purchased by her great-great-uncle, among the first wave of African Americans to buy land. Others are rejecting monoculture to grow corn, beans, and squash the way farmers in Mexico have done for centuries. Still others are rotating crops for the native cuisines of those who fled the \"American wars\" in Southeast Asia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHealing Grounds\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCultivating 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47932166865132,"sku":"9781642832211","price":77.77,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781642832211-healing-grounds.jpg?v=1783856697"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/liz-carlisle.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}