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A powerful movement is happening in farmingfarmers are reconnecting with their roots to fight climate change

In Healing Grounds Liz Carlisle tells the stories of Indigenous Black Latinx and Asian American farmers who are reviving their ancestors methods of growing foodtechniques 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 is the true regenerative agriculturenot merely a set of technical tricks for storing CO2 in the ground but a holistic approach that values diversity in both plants and people

Cultivating this kind of regenerative farming will require reckoning with our nations agricultural historya 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

By coming together to restore these farmlands we can not only heal our planet we can heal our communities