One Size Fits None

A Farm Girl’s Search for the Promise of Regenerative Agriculture

By: Stephanie Anderson

Narrated by: Aven Shore

Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins

Publisher's summary

“Sustainable” has long been the rallying cry of agricultural progressives; given that much of our nation’s farm and ranch land is already degraded, however, sustainable agriculture often means maintaining a less-than-ideal status quo. Industrial agriculture has also co-opted the term for marketing purposes without implementing better practices. Stephanie Anderson argues that in order to provide nutrient-rich food and fight climate change, we need to move beyond sustainable to regenerative agriculture, a practice that is highly tailored to local environments and renews resources.

In One Size Fits None, Anderson follows diverse farmers across the United States: A South Dakota bison rancher who provides an alternative to the industrial feedlot; an organic vegetable farmer in Florida who harvests microgreens; a New Mexico super-small farmer who revitalizes communities; and a North Dakota midsize farmer who combines livestock and grain farming to convert expensive farmland back to native prairie. The use of these nontraditional agricultural techniques show how varied operations can give back to the earth rather than degrade it.

The book is published by University of Nebraska Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.

"An invaluable resource, a step in the right direction of imagining alternative way of doing and organizing life around the soil and farming." (Grist: A Journal of the Literary Arts)

“A brave and clear-eyed book by a farmer’s daughter about the problems in our agriculture and the factors that keep farmers from making it better.” (Kristin Ohlson, author of The Soil Will Save Us)

“Should be required listening for anyone who yearns for a clear-headed and informed account of our dysfunctional corporate food system.” (Andrew Furman, author of Bitten: My Unexpected Love Affair with Florida)

©2019 Stephanie Anderson (P)2019 Redwood Audiobooks

Very informative planning to recommend to friends

This book was interesting and I learned a lot. Some of it I knew, some I had already known, some I had inklings were happening but it explains a lot of why foods thay we have eaten for centuries are no longer the nutritional powerhouses they used to be.

We need soil, healthy soil. I learned that lessen just trying to plant a front yard garden at my home and nothing grew the way they had in gardens past. I found out the home on this lot previously had burnt down and the dirt was never replaced so it is filled with garbage and the soil was wiped.

So much work needs to be done to insure people will not starve over the next decades, we need to stop catering to the big corporations thay make equally big political donations, and only care about today's bottom line before we will no longer be able to support ourselves.

An informative and entertaining listen

Inspirational; unique in that its told from a conventional farmer's daughter. the case studies lend insight into the varied experiences of different farm operations

Tons of valuable information and entertaining stories with just a little too much far left rhetoric.

Overall I can see value in this book for reaching those caught in media and university social sciences far-left ideology, but the occasional misinformation and misconceptions about conservatism and capitalism really took away from the overall read. Agriculture for regenerative outcomes has for the most part been promoted and practiced by people with a much more balanced view of both of those concepts and philosophies. I’ve read almost every book on regeneration and organic agriculture that I can find and even with a bombastic capitalist like Joel Salatin refrains from coddling or offending the faulty and simplistic views of the far-right or far-left. It does make some sense this mistake though since the author is only a “farm girl” because she grew up in a conventional farm and rather now teaches in a university, lives in an urban setting, and doesn’t farm. I am still grateful for the attempt and did enjoy about 80-90% of the book which was more balanced and thoughtful.

Gabe was awesome

Everything. The talk about grasslands. Integrating the whole farm. How animals restore the soil. The future farmers and Gabe's optimism.

Dynamic

Stephanie shared her learning journey from conventional agriculture to regenerative. Comparing and contrasting views along the way to really understand the differences and benefits. Great read!

Regenerative Agriculture

interesting stuff. I learned a bit about regenerative agriculture and how prairie environment works. Good quality audio book

a revealing account of modern agriculture

great details on how politics and economics have pushed modern farmers into the role of factory workers producing unhealthy cheap food and how we can change that for the better.

Excellent book

I really enjoyed this audio-book. Stephanie's description of different farms attempting to move toward regenerative farming practices was an eye opener. It is so informative and I have encouraged others to listen to it.

There is a lot of negativity

There is lot of negativity. A lot of what everyone is doing wrong and not how to it better. But I still liked it overall.

Incredible

Really well written journey through agriculture. I loved this book and will be sharing with with friends and family. Thanks!!!