Bitter Honey: Big Ag’s Threat to Bees and the Fight to Save Them by Jennie Durant Environmental writer Durant debuts with a deeply researched exposé of the agricultural industry’s role in bee population decline...

@publisherswkly.bsky.social calls Bitter Honey by @jenniedurant.bsky.social "an important wake-up call." Check out their full review here and get your copy this May!

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Forest of the Sea: The Remarkable Life and Imperiled Future of Kelp by David Helvarg. A powerful call to action that shows how science, culture, and hope can converge to restore one of Earth's most vital marine habitats.

David Helvarg's Forest of the Sea is a powerful call to action that shows how science, culture, and hope can converge to restore one of Earth's most vital marine habitats.

Available May 5 (30 June UK pub).

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Rooted in What? : Liz Carlisle and Aubrey Streit Krug Give the Lowdown on Perennial Agriculture Host Jamie Mah is joined by the scholars and co-editors of a new collection from The Land Institute and UC Santa Barbara that asks a deceptively simple question: what would agriculture look like if…

Living Roots co-editors Liz Carlisle and Aubrey Steit Krug spoke with Jamie Mah for Scout Magazine’s Track & Food podcast. They discuss perennial agriculture and what restaurants can do to use more perennial foods: buff.ly/7O9idMV

Naming and Shaming Food Barons: A Q&A with Austin Frerick Corporate consolidation in America’s food industry is making food more expensive and worse. What can we do about it?

Barons author @austinfrerick.bsky.social speaks with @inequality.org about how corporate consolidation came to pass and what we can do to revitalize family-owned farming. Read more:

Data Centers in Land-Scarce Cities: Who Decides, Who Benefits and Who Pays? Opened in 2016 as part of Telehouse’s London Dockland Campus, Telehouse North Two is an 11-story windowless data center equipped with its own grid substation. Photo: Images George Rex/Flickr  Cities…

As data centers proliferate with little public oversight, cities must confront a critical question: who decides how scarce land, power, and resources are allocated, and whether the benefits truly serve local communities? Read more in @wrirosscities.bsky.social's TheCityFix:

A conversation with Liz Carlisle on perennial foods, resilience, and the new book 'Living Roots' – The Pulp Ahead of her talk in Missoula, author and agroecologist Liz Carlisle discusses perennial foods, Native foodways, and what plants can teach us about getting through hard times.

For her interview with @thepulp.org, Living Roots co-editor Liz Carlisle shares what perennial foods can teach us about resilience:

This great collection includes an essay from @multisolving.bsky.social's Kelsi Bowens!

Oooh! I loved Liz Carlisle's previous book, Healing Grounds: Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming, and I'm excited to see that she has a new book out.

What Farmers Need — and Never Get — in a Farm Bill By Ryan Dennis

Barn Gothic author @penofryandennis.bsky.social says the proposed 2026 farm bill weakens state oversight and accelerates the consolidation that leaves small farms behind. A better path? Supply control, fair price floors, and “green” payments to support family agriculture. Read more:

Living Roots: The Promise of Perennial Foods, edited by Aubrey Streit Krug and Liz Carlisle. From buffalo prairies to urban orchards, an introduction to a diverse movement redefining how we grow, eat, and live with the land.

In Living Roots, a passionate group of experts from wide-ranging backgrounds and lived experience come together to explore the promise of perennial foods.

Out now (28 April UK pub)!

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Roots of law professor’s mission run deep Adjunct law professor and environmental attorney Christen Civiletto traces how growing up amid unchecked industrial pollution in Niagara Falls shaped her life’s work. Drawing on personal experience,…

Law professor and cancer survivor @christenciviletto.bsky.social turns personal tragedy into a powerful investigation in her book Thundering Waters, which exposes decades of toxic dumping in Niagara Falls and the lasting health consequences communities are still facing. Learn more:

What's up with recycled wastewater's PR problem? : Short Wave Would you drink recycled wastewater? It could be a solution to the global water crisis. But not everyone is ready to jump onboard. They say it’s not technology that’s keeping more cities from…

Turning wastewater into drinking water...? 👀 It could be a solution to the global water crisis. Journalist Peter Annin, author of Purified, talks to @npr.org's Short Wave about getting past the "yuck factor":

Fossil Fuel Foolishness Persists but the Resistance is Rising By Jacqui Patterson

The fossil fuel economy relies on systemic injustice, harming Black and frontline communities while using deceptive tactics to hold power. But global resistance is rising, demanding a just, regenerative, and equitable future, says Jacqui Patterson of @chisholmlegacy.bsky.social:

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Spring Forward with these 20 Books on Food and Agriculture – Food Tank These 20 new books will help us try new recipes, rethink our approach to food justice, and understand the history of our agri-food systems.

Check out Living Roots, edited by Liz Carlise and Aubrey Streit Krug, included in @foodtank.bsky.social’s list of spring books on food and agriculture:

Squirrel: How a Backyard Forager Shapes Our World by Nancy F. Castaldo

Nancy F. Castaldo

Tomorrow (March 31st) at 6:00 pm EST, @northshirebooks.bsky.social welcomes Island Press author @nancycastaldobooks.bsky.social for a discussion of her book, Squirrel: How a Backyard Forager Shapes Our World!

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12 climate reads for Women’s History Month » Yale Climate Connections These books and reports explore climate change through historical, scientific, social, and political lenses.

Great to see Joycelyn Longdon’s "deeply humane" Natural Connection and Priyanka Kumar’s "dazzling and transformative" The Light Between Apple Trees featured in @climateconnections.bsky.social's monthly round up! Check out the full list here:

Squirrel: How a Backyard Forager Shapes Our World by Nancy F. Castaldo

Nancy F. Castaldo

Next week, March 31st at 6:00 pm EST, @northshirebooks.bsky.social welcomes Island Press author @nancycastaldobooks.bsky.social for a discussion of her book, Squirrel: How a Backyard Forager Shapes Our World!

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Food Freedom Radio – March 21, 2026 - AM 950 Laura Hedlund sits down with agroecologist Liz Carlisle and Aubrey Streit Krug from The Land Institute to dive into their new book, Living Roots: The Promise of Perennial Agriculture. You'll hear all…

Listen: Living Roots co-editors Liz Carlisle and Aubrey Streit Krug speak with Laura Hedlund at Food Freedom Radio about how growing perennial foods can heal our soil and feed our communities:

Op-Ed: Latvia Shows Path to Break Car Dependence By framing a reduction of reliance on Russian oil as a matter of national security, Latvia offers a useful example of how to reduce car dependency and make real our climate goals. Latvia's ubiquitous…

@nondriver.bsky.social, author of When Driving Is Not An Option, reflects on her travels through Latvia and how the country has produced a transit system that makes life without a car not only possible, but often preferable. Check it out in @theurbanist.org:

Growing up godless: New book examines beliefs of non-religious children Many children today grow up in non-religious households. A new book unpacks these children's values and views on religion

Check out this @cdnaffairs.bsky.social interview with @annastrhan.bsky.social, co-author with Rachael Shillitoe of Growing Up Godless: Non-Religious Childhoods in Contemporary England:

Bridging the gap between climate education and maternal care | The Invading Sea A Q&A with Doula Climate Health Outreach Team member Shantai Latoya Young.

Pregnant and postpartum women face higher risks during heat waves and disasters, but many lack the tools to prepare. Doulas like Shantai Young are changing that. Read how in @theinvadingsea.bsky.social:

Outsider Animals: How the Creatures at the Margins of Our Lives Have the Most to Teach Us by Marlene Zuk

From one of our foremost experts on behavioral evolution, an entertaining exploration of what raccoons, rats, & other animal intruders teach us about intelligence, adaptability, & ourselves.

Outsider Animals by Marlene Zuk is now available! 🦝
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Perennial Foods are the Slow Fashion of Agriculture - WORT-FM 89.9 Douglas Haynes dives into a new book, Living Roots: The Promise of Perennial Foods, with its editors edited by Liz Carlisle and Aubrey Streit Krug.

How do we build a food system that is made to last? Living Roots co-editors Liz Carlisle & Aubrey Streit Krug speak with @apublicaffair.bsky.social host Douglas Haynes about perennial food crops, permaculture, and regenerative organic farming:

Perennial Foods are the Slow Fashion of Agriculture - WORT-FM 89.9 Douglas Haynes dives into a new book, Living Roots: The Promise of Perennial Foods, with its editors edited by Liz Carlisle and Aubrey Streit Krug.

🎙️Tree nuts, tree fruits, and even some grass-fed meat are perennial foods. They're great for ecosystem health because their roots go to work year-over-year.

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The proofs are in and the publication date is set! “Transportation and the Shape of Cities” will be available this August from @islandpress.bsky.social, an imprint of . @princetonupress.bsky.social.
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Living Roots: The Promise of Perennial Foods, edited by Liz Carlisle and Aubrey Streit Krug

Now available from our newly-acquired imprint, Island Press:

Living Roots by Liz Carlisle & Aubrey Streit Krug.

From buffalo prairies to urban orchards, this book is an introduction to a diverse movement redefining how we grow, eat, & live with the land.

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