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:

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)! Read a free preview: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... #Agriculture #Food #PerennialFoods #IslandPress

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:

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":

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:

Come over to @northshirebooks.bsky.social 🐿️

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:

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! Learn more about this in-person event: buff.ly/Ddis0tk

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:

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! Learn more about this in-person event: buff.ly/Ddis0tk

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:

@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:

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:

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:

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! 🦝 press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... 12 May UK pub.

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:

🎙️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. @islandpress.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social @thelandinstitute.bsky.social Listen here: www.wortfm.org/perennial-fo...

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. press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

Looking to build power for winning transit, bike and street safety changes in your community? if You Want To Win, You've Got To Fight: A Guide To Effective Transportation Advocacy will take you step-by-step through the process. Check it out at @islandpress.bsky.social islandpress.org/books/if-you...

Island Press books elevate voices of change, shine a spotlight on crucial issues, and focus attention on sustainable solutions. Follow @islandpress.bsky.social to learn more.

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. Learn more: bookshop.org/p/books/livi...

"This is your playbook for turning your vision into reality" --- a very nice review of my book! Check out the review www.linkedin.com/posts/rlberg... And check out the book at your local library or get it from @islandpress.bsky.social & @princetonupress.bsky.social

A pretty cool thing about having written a book is randomly getting texts & DMs from folks with pics of them and the book. Always brightens my day (Ends up you can get it at the Cal library) Or get your own at islandpress.org/books/if-you... @islandpress.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social

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

No idea how all that works. I recommend getting it from wherever you most like getting books. You can order from @islandpress.bsky.social 's website and get 20% off with discount code FIGHT

From buffalo prairies to urban orchards, an introduction to a diverse movement redefining how we grow, eat, & live with the land. Liz Carlisle & Aubrey Streit Krug's Living Roots is out now! Learn more & order yours: bookshop.org/p/books/livi... #Agriculture #Food #PerennialFoods #IslandPress

Listen to a sample of the Princeton Audio edition of Furious Minds by Laura Field. Enjoy 30% off with code PUP30. press.princeton.edu/ideas/listen... "[An] excellent new book."—Michelle Goldberg, New York The New York Times "Fascinating and important"—Jennifer Szalai, New York The New York Times

See @sharonudasin.bsky.social at Birmingham Public Library tomorrow (Feb 28) at 11:00am CST for a free discussion of her book, Poisoning the Well, and the proliferation of forever chemicals in consumer products and their devastating effects on us and our environment Learn more here: buff.ly/dylqOaD

ICYMI, great conversation on fighting for change on the ground, to get us all moving. With @carterlavin.bsky.social

Rules I live by: 1). Never miss a Super Bowl 2). Never miss a chance to talk ag policy progressive.org/op-eds/how-t...

@carterlavin.bsky.social, transportation activist and author of If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight, talks to @redeyeradio.bsky.social, sharing strategies for creating the change we want to see in our communities:

My book -- If You Want to Win, You've Got To Fight: A Guide to Effective Transportation Advocacy is now in Malaysia! (+ France, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Italy, Ireland, Germany, Mexico, & England) !!! @princetonupress.bsky.social & @islandpress.bsky.social islandpress.org/books/if-you...

See @sharonudasin.bsky.social at Birmingham Public Library next week, Feb 28 at 11:00am CST for a free discussion of her book, Poisoning the Well, and the proliferation of forever chemicals in consumer products and their devastating effects on us and our environment Learn more here: buff.ly/dylqOaD

Been a bit busy with the Bay Area measure to save our transit thing and have been slacking on the "telling people about my new book on how to win transit, bike, and street safety changes to their community" thing Get your copy today from @islandpress.bsky.social islandpress.org/books/if-you...

ON OUR POD: Transportation activist Carter Lavin on his new book, If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight. @islandpress.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social @carterlavin.bsky.social @visionzerovancouver.ca @movementyvr.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social @modacitylife.com tiny.cc/wm6z001

In a new op-ed for the #IslandPress Short-form Program, author @penofryandennis.bsky.social writes that it's time to un-rig agriculture and put family farms back at the center of U.S. farm policy after decades of consolidation, trade harms, and neglect: progressive.org/op-eds/how-t...

“A transition to perennials is a huge learning experience. People need to figure out what to grow, which varieties, how to space them, and how to take care of them over multiple years.” @civileats.com spoke with Liz Carlisle, co-editor of the forthcoming book Living Roots:

Saturday | 10:30 PT Transportation activist Carter Lavin on his new book, If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight. @ubcpress.bsky.social @islandpress.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social @carterlavin.bsky.social @visionzerovancouver.ca @movementyvr.bsky.social @denisagar.bsky.social

Living Roots, edited by Aubrey Streit Krug and Liz Carlisle, is an introduction to a diverse movement redefining how we grow, eat, and live with the land. Available March 3 (28 April UK pub). Preorder yours today: bookshop.org/p/books/livi... #Agriculture #Food #PerennialFoods #IslandPress

Happy to share this interview on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my book, SQUIRREL: How a Backyard Forager Shapes Our World. @islandpress.bsky.social #squirrels #nature podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

Don't overlook the importance of removing small dams. Thanks to @earthislandjournal.bsky.social for running this excerpt from my new book. @princetonupress.bsky.social @islandpress.bsky.social #undammed #damremoval

#IslandPress has long championed urban planning literature, publishing foundational books across transportation, street design, & more. Publisher @hboyer.bsky.social & senior editor Stacy Eisenstark discuss the future of publishing for planners—& of @islandpress.bsky.social, newly an imprint of PUP.

Federal rollbacks of environmental protections mean more toxic air and hazards, and one clear message: Profit is trumping people, health, and justice. ⬇️ Read more from Dr. Kathi A. Earles, a 2025 Climate and Health Equity Fellow, on who pays the price. @islandpress.bsky.social

The top ten most discussable books reviewed in Booklist over the past 12 months cover topics like science and nature, the beauty industry, and the infinitely complicated dynamics of family. Get those program planners out and check out our Top 10 Book-Group Books: bit.ly/3ZNZ2Ls

This is part of an 8-day regional tour that starts in Atlanta and ends in Huntsville. More details on all the talk locations soon!

The Power of the Public Library: A review of Shamichael Hallman’s book, Meet Me at the Library (Island Press, 2024). You can tell a lot about a community by their #library. (Originally for @apa-star.bsky.social) medium.com/@jcshepard.a... @islandpress.bsky.social

Love them or hate them - what if squirrels are the key to understanding our planet's future? The latest @islandpress.bsky.social new book Squirrel: How a Backyard Forager Shapes Our World by Nancy Castaldo is out now! Buy @ipsuk.bsky.social!

In a new op-ed for the #IslandPress Short-form Program, author @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social writes that unfounded rhetoric and threats surrounding Greenland have undermined Arctic stability and risk U.S. security:

In a new article for the #IslandPress Short-form Program, author Robert Searns examines the cruise industry through the eyes of a lifelong environmentalist—reckoning with #climate impacts and the hard question of whether cruising can ever be sustainable:

“Shakespeare has generally been safe ground in China since the death of Mao Zedong in 1976.” A @nytimes.com piece about a Shanghai production of Othello mentions Nan Z. Da’s The Chinese Tragedy of King Lear. Explore the full article here and use code PUP30 to save 30% on this title: