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Writing the Land is a project that pairs poets with conserved lands and creates anthologies in which each chapter is a mix of poetry inspired by the land, and material about the land organization that protects that land. This book focuses on conserved agricultural lands, and contains bonus material on how the arts support agricultural land conservation. Each chapter of part I tells the story of a land conservation organization---how and why they are passionate about conserving agricultural lands. Every one of these organizations goes about it slightly differently, on and in the ground, day by day, but they are all people who care deeply about the combined fate of humans and land: past, present, and future. Each holds a piece of the larger puzzle of how we keep agricultural land producing food sustainably, and how we interact with the land and with one another fairly. In part II, we explore the important role the arts play in communicating, embodying, and enhancing the connections between foodways and social justice. Each essay tells the story of an arts organization or artist and how they contribute to this work. Overall, there are many ways to do good work in this arena. But none of them are simple. Every organization focuses their energy in one or more key areas depending upon the values and passions that drive them: the arts, individuals, community, land, agriculture, and food production. These concepts may seem tangled, but as we look closer they emerge as a web---a complex circular structure that is supposed to be full of intersections, of threads that cross more than one other thread, sometimes more than once. No untangling required. Join us in celebrating the complexity of the many ways people can work together ethically, practically, and with joy and hope to conserve agricultural lands for all of nature---ourselves included.

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Read Writing the Land: Foodways and Social Justice to discover new ways land trusts, artists, and others conserve, restore, and create sustainable food-producing lands and communities There are those who think the only way to hold land is to own it. Give this book to them. There are those who know we are woven with earth and one another. Give this book to them. There are those settled and unsettled by the history of land. Give this book to them. For no matter how you think about, or forget about, the ground beneath your feet, you'll find something in here that will unlock the beauty of the world, and the cycles through the soil that sustain us all. -Raj Patel, award-winning author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System; Research Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas, Austin Food and agriculture bring people together. Through a layered series of essays, poems, and art, Writing the Land: Foodways and Social Justice expertly weaves an anthology that spotlights the important efforts of land trusts and organizations to conserve farmland and bring awareness to the need for environmental protection, conservation, and stewardship. This collection demonstrates how we can return to our roots-and empowers readers to understand how land trusts are fostering social justice and connecting communities with their history and culture. -Congressman James P. McGovern, US House of Representatives (D-MA), 1997-present; leader to end hunger and food insecurity and to support human rights worldwide Almost silently hidden amidst the tempest of industrialization, chemical farming and climate change, land trusts and earth-focused organizations hold the promise of a nurtured seed. This book cuts through the politics and the intellectual squabbles to whisper the voices of those who cherish, conserve, restore and celebrate Earth's calathus. Essential reading. -Dean Cycon, Founder, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Company, Author of Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade Coffee

Read Writing the Land: Foodways and Social Justice to discover new ways land trusts, artists, and others conserve, restore, and create sustainable food-producing lands and communities There are those who think the only way to hold land is to own it. Give this book to them. There are those who know we are woven with earth and one another. Give this book to them. There are those settled and unsettled by the history of land. Give this book to them. For no matter how you think about, or forget about, the ground beneath your feet, you'll find something in here that will unlock the beauty of the world, and the cycles through the soil that sustain us all. -Raj Patel, award-winning author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System; Research Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas, Austin Food and agriculture bring people together. Through a layered series of essays, poems, and art, Writing the Land: Foodways and Social Justice expertly weaves an anthology that spotlights the important efforts of land trusts and organizations to conserve farmland and bring awareness to the need for environmental protection, conservation, and stewardship. This collection demonstrates how we can return to our roots-and empowers readers to understand how land trusts are fostering social justice and connecting communities with their history and culture. -Congressman James P. McGovern, US House of Representatives (D-MA), 1997-present; leader to end hunger and food insecurity and to support human rights worldwide Almost silently hidden amidst the tempest of industrialization, chemical farming and climate change, land trusts and earth-focused organizations hold the promise of a nurtured seed. This book cuts through the politics and the intellectual squabbles to whisper the voices of those who cherish, conserve, restore and celebrate Earth's calathus. Essential reading. -Dean Cycon, Founder, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Company, Author of Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade Coffee

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Lis McLoughlin, PhD is founder and director of NatureCulture LLC, and the Writing the Land project. She publishes the Writing the Land anthologies and other books, and produces events such as the online Authors and Artists Festival. nature-culture.net writingtheland.org Martin Bridge's work spans a wide range of media from Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Theater Design and Site Specific Installations to Performance. He bridges realms of science and mysticism in an effort to challenge the cultural paradigms that dictate how we relate to both the natural world as well as our brothers and sisters.thebridgebrothers.com patreon.com/martinclarkbridge

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