6 October, 2025
Tilling Roots & Seeds a new publication by Quo Artis: Everyone Should be A Farmer
Everyone Should Be a Farmer is a publication by Quo Artis, produced as part of the EU co-funded project Tilling Roots and Seeds (2023-2025), which the foundation leads. The book brings together voices from artists, scientists, and farmers who are rethinking our relationship with agriculture in the context of the climate and biodiversity crisis.
Inspired by the philosophy of Masanobu Fukuoka, it poses essential questions about the future of food and the act of cultivation:
Why do people from diverse professions decide to return to the land?
What role will technology play in tomorrow’s agriculture?
How can art foster critical perspectives on food systems?
Through interviews, essays, and artistic contributions, the publication explores farming as both a personal choice and a collective response to today’s ecological challenges. It highlights experiences of those who have left urban life to embrace the land, examines intersections between art and agriculture, and reflects on how these practices can contribute to ecological regeneration.
Key contributions include:
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Life stories of farmers such as Nacho Peres, Surinye Olarte, Sofía Castiñeiras, and Oliver Needham, who cultivate land through ecological and regenerative practices.
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Artistic and philosophical reflections by Santiago Morilla, Emma Harris, Mali Weil, Saša Spačal, Lucila Quillahuaman, Marcel·lí Antúnez Roca, Daniel García Andújar, and Eva-Maria Lopez, connecting agriculture to art, ritual, and ecological awareness.
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Visual and documentary works by Mathieu Asselin, Semantica Studios (Jemma Foster & Camilla French), Agustín Iriart, and Rosell Meseguer, exploring industrial agriculture, biodiversity loss, and cultural memory.
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Scientific and theoretical insights from thinkers such as Dr. Paco Calvo and Dr. Joan Rieradevall, linking plant intelligence and regenerative systems with the ecological transition.
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Innovative agricultural approaches by Marie Deschamps / Goumbook, Tectum Garden, and LIQUIFER, presenting models of regenerative farming, social hydroponics, and space habitats.
Everyone Should Be a Farmer invites readers to rethink agriculture not only as a means of food production, but as a cultural, ecological, and philosophical practice that shapes how we inhabit the planet.
If you would like to download the PDF of the publication, click below.
In the frame of Tilling Roots & Seeds
