Grown to Heal

<p><em>Grown to Heal</em> makes a simple but urgent case: the food that's best for us also tastes better, sells better, and heals the land it's grown in. Drawing on eighteen wide-ranging conversations with the scientists, farmers, chefs and entrepreneurs remaking the food system and building on a decade of the pioneering podcast <em>Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food,</em> editors Antonella Ilaria Totaro and Koen van Seijen trace a single thread connecting soil health, food quality and human wellbeing.</p><p> </p><p>Structured in three parts – Planting Seeds, Taking Root and Bearing Fruit – the book moves from the science of nutrient density to real-world case studies of businesses proving that regenerative practices pay. Readers meet a Michelin-starred chef for whom flavor is a direct readout of soil health, a citrus grower whose regenerative harvest tested at eight times normal nutrient levels, and a Tulsa clinic that saved $750,000 in healthcare costs by prescribing vegetables to patients with type 2 diabetes.</p><p> </p><p>Rigorous yet accessible, <em>Grown to Heal</em> speaks to all of us – farmers, policymakers, investors, eaters, alike –and shows that restoring the health of soil, food and people can also be good business and is one of our key paths toward a regenerated, thriving civilization.</p>