Good Food: A Journey Through the World of Resilient Agriculture follows Dutch photographer Ruud Sies and creative producer Hanneke van Hintum across the globe to document a new generation of farmers building regenerative food systems from the ground up.
About This Book
With food production responsible for one-third of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions and a significant driver of biodiversity loss, the stakes for agricultural transformation could not be higher. Good Food moves beyond the problem to find the practitioners — young farmers rooted in ancient traditions but working with modern science — who are reimagining how food is grown. From solar greenhouses in China to strawberry fields in America, the book captures these stories in documentary photography and narrative, building a portrait of regenerative agriculture that rejects chemical dependency and exploitation in favour of fertile soil and long-term ecological health. A substantial photographic and editorial project for anyone invested in the relationship between land, food, and sustainable futures.
Key Features
- 544 pages of global documentary photography and first-person farming narratives
- Edited by Ruud Sies and Anna Hanneke van Hintum
- Featured locations include solar greenhouses in China and strawberry fields in the United States, among global sites
- Published by Nai010 Publishers
What You'll Discover
- How a new generation of farmers is synthesising ancestral knowledge with contemporary science to develop viable alternatives to industrial agriculture
- The environmental cost of the current global food production system and why regenerative models represent a structural shift rather than a niche movement
- Site-specific farming stories from across the globe, told through immersive documentary photography
- What agriculture without chemical inputs or exploitative labour practices can look like at scale, from greenhouse horticulture to open-field cultivation
About the Author
Ruud Sies is a Dutch photographer whose documentary practice centres on food systems and land use. Anna Hanneke van Hintum is a creative producer who collaborated with Sies on the research and editorial development of the project. Together they travelled internationally to build the book's extensive body of photographic and narrative work.
Specifications
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 544
- Dimensions: 170 × 240 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789462089648
- Publisher: Nai010 Publishers
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Landscape architects, urban food designers, sustainability researchers, and readers engaged with regenerative agriculture, food systems, and documentary photography.