Satish Kumar
Founder of Schumacher College
Book Recommendations:
Recommended by Satish Kumar
“Vandana Shiva is an outstanding and fearless spokeswoman for the Agro-ecology movement and a shining star promoting organic and sustainable agriculture. She is a radical voice of reason, wisdom and sanity. Agri-business, factory farming and massive use of petrochemicals has hugely contributed to climate catastrophe, food waste, soil erosion and environmental pollution. This new book by Vandana Shiva exposes the fallacy of degenerative farming and makes a convincing case for regenerative agriculture. The book is a magnificent manifesto for the future of good farming which can sequester carbon dioxide, feed everyone with nutritious food, preserve the integrity and dignity of farmers and restore biodiversity. This book is urgently needed. Everyone should read it.” (from Amazon)
Vandana Shiva(you?)
The book is an interdisciplinary synthesis of research and practice carried out over decades by leaders of the agroecology and regenerative organic agriculture movement. It provides detailed analysis of the multiple crises we face due to chemical and industrial agriculture, including land degradation, water depletion, biodiversity erosion, climate change, agrarian crises, and health crises. The book lays out biodiversity based organic farming and agroecology as the road map for the future of agriculture and sustainable food systems, both locally and globally. With detailed scientific evidence, Agroecology & Regenerative Agriculture shows how ecological agriculture based on working with nature rather than abasing ecological laws can regenerate the planet, the rural economy, and our health.