Fertile Ground: Scaling Agroecology from the Ground Up by Steven Brescia, Editor
 Fertile Ground: Scaling Agroecology from the Ground Up, Steven Brescia, Editor (Food First Books, 2017) Agroecology is our best option for creating an agrifood system capable of nurturing people, societies, and the planet. But it is still not widespread.
Fertile Ground, edited by Groundswell International‘s Executive Director Steve Brescia, offers nine case studies authored by agroecologists from Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, and Europe, that demonstrate how the endogenous practice of agroecology can be “scaled” so that it is known by more farmers, practiced more deeply, and integrated in planning and policy.
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Griz Read 2017:
Lentil Underground
Free and Open to the Public
September 21, 2017
University of Montana, Missoula
The purpose of the Griz Read is to provide new students with a common connection through a thought-provoking book. This year, a committee of faculty, staff, and students selected Lentil Underground, by Liz Carlisle.
Journalist and native Montanan Liz Carlisle weaves an eye-opening and richly reported narrative that will be welcomed by readers of food and farm memoirs, as well as everyone concerned with the future of American agriculture and natural food in an increasingly uncertain world.
Details here.
A Video You Don't Want to Miss!
This one comes recommended by Gabe Brown, expert in Regenerative Agriculture and Holistic Management!
Gabe Brown, will a keynote speaker at the AERO 2017 Expo,
Oct. 20-22, Butte MT.
Book of the Month
Big Hunger: The Unholy Alliance between Corporate America and Anti-Hunger Groups
By Andrew Fisher
Food banks and food pantries have proliferated in response to an economic emergency. This was meant to be a stopgap measure, but the jobs never came back, and the “emergency food system” became an industry.
But there is reason for hope that we can end hunger, not just manage it. Read on...
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