“The future of our planet lies in indigenous ways of living on the Earth.”

— John Waterhouse, National Geographic¹

It was August 2015; the leafy red romaine glistened under magenta light.

If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. 
— Loren Eiseley

Biodiversity… it’s the millions of organisms in a handful of soil, the magic of the Amazon Rainforest, it’s the reason some of us love cilantro, and others find it tastes like soap.^{1 2 3} It’s the variation of all life on earth and essential to our planet’s survival.^{4 5} Now, it’s facing its greatest crisis in human history, but biodiversity is beautifully resilien

If we were told that April 2024 was the last Earth Month we would ever have to “save” the planet and that it all depends on breakfast, lunch, and dinner, what would we do differently?

“Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.”

–Bill Mollison¹

"The great concerns of our time … boil down to the condition of the soil."

–Isabella Tree, Wilding

"What we do to the soil, we do to ourselves."

–Regenerative Organic Alliance

As we prepare to close the chapter of another year, it’s easy to define it by the bad things that happened, so instead, let’s bid 2023 farewell celebrating positive works in progress. Here are three stories of individuals and communities working together to seed hope and healing for people and the planet.

Our modern farming system has replaced prairie grasslands with large swaths of genetically modified (GM) corn, soybeans, and other crops, in the name of progress.^{1 2 3} The fields are sprayed with increasingly more herbicides, and the yields are boosted with more synthetic fertilizers.^{4 5} Meanwhile, in a quiet corner of the country, far from the vast acres of farm

"Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake."

–Winnie the Pooh

"I would tell people … how we fight for our lives with strength and sweat."

–Excerpted from “Milked: Immigrant Dairy Farmworkers in New York State”¹