ABSTRACT
In the book Heartland, historian George Main argued society should acknowledge the ‘painful history of suppression, fragmentation and disorder’ of industrial agriculture, while moving towards a regenerative agriculture, in which, ‘connectivity is acknowledged and nurtured’. 1 Doing so will depend on the histories we tell, the language we use to understand the living world and our commitment to improving social relationships. In the past few decades researchers have explored how poor understanding can result in strained social relationships in communities. It is more uncommon to argue the reverse — that poor social relationships can have adverse consequences for ecologies.
