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We Are Earth

Timmerman, Kelsey Wilt
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0691-9531
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1658238817444461

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2022, Master of Fine Arts, Miami University, English.
This thesis is a selection of chapters from We Are Earth, a book-length work of creative nonfiction focused on regenerative agriculture—farming with nature and not against it. The narrative follows my travels to meet regenerative farmers across the United States and around the world. These farmers employ practices and philosophies acknowledging that humans are a part of an intertwined and complicated system that we cannot tame or manipulate. They see regenerative farming as a solution, which builds soil, promotes ecological diversity, provides people with meaningful lives and livelihoods, and sequesters carbon—maybe even enough to combat climate change. Agriculture is both political and environmental. It’s a local and global act. To capture these dualities, the book is a mix of journalism, travel narrative, and memoir. By weaving the local with the global, I intend to show the reader how their daily lives, eating habits, and relationship with nature connect to issues of environmental and social justice.
Daisy Hernandez (Committee Chair)
Michele Navakas (Committee Member)
TaraShea Nesbit (Committee Member)
103 p.
Agriculture; Environmental Studies; Horticulture; Journalism; Literature; Native Studies; Natural Resource Management; Sociology
regenerative agriculture; agriculture; sustainable agriculture; organic farming

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  • Timmerman, K. W. (2022). We Are Earth [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1658238817444461

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Timmerman, Kelsey. We Are Earth. 2022. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1658238817444461.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Timmerman, Kelsey. "We Are Earth." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1658238817444461

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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