Deep Agroecology: Farms, Food, and Our Future

by Steven McFadden

The ways we farm and the ways we eat will determine the destiny of life on Earth.

Farms and food are foundational for civilization. Right now our civilization is undergoing massive upheaval. We must build a new foundation, and that imperative task is going to take all of us. Deep Agroecology shows the way.

The union of native wisdom ways with sophisticated, sustainable tools and practices can lead to the renewal and the elevation of all forms of life on Earth.

Our next, necessary evolutionary step depends on spiritually intelligent, regenerative deep agroecology.

Agroecology is an ecological approach to growing food and fiber that appreciates farms and orchards as ecosystems. Internationally, agroecology is increasingly recognized as an approach capable of meeting productivity goals while replenishing the soil, sequestering climate destabilizing CO2, and striving toward justice for all the human beings and animals in the food system.

Deep agroecology arises from recognition that the way we farm will determine the destiny of life on the earth. This inescapable reality necessarily involves every human being.

"The future of humanity depends on our heeding the wisdom of deep agroecology." - John Ikerd, author of Crisis and Sustainability in American Agriculture.

Independent journalist Steven McFadden gives readers a compelling introduction to agroecology, then guides them further into the essential subject of deep agroecology.

While deep agroecology is new territory, it's natural territory, not just for farmers, but for all people.

175 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2019

About the author

My main website and blog is Chiron Communications, as linked above. Here are other points of connection:

My Deep Agroecology blog:
https://deepagroecology.org/

My Amazon Author page:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/...

Bluesky:
https://bsky.app/profile/chiron-commu...

Threads:
https://www.threads.com/@steven.mcfad...

Linked In:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-mc...

Reviews

[Madeline Hale · Rating 4 out of 5]

I truly couldn’t put this book down and I read it in a flurry! The author did a great job at giving a broad overview of agroecology. I enjoyed how it was written, though it seems disorganized. I especially appreciated how much he incorporated indigenous/native voices. He mentions the role of quantum mechanics and spirituality which is an important aspect often left out of the conversation.