EVERYBODY SHOULD BE A FARMER
MALI WEIL
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29 August, 2025
ABOUT
Everybody Should Be a Farmer is a bilingual (English - Spanish) publication created by Quo Artis, that 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 asks essential questions: Why do people from different professions decide to return to the land? What role will technology play in the future of farming? What will we eat tomorrow? And how can art foster a critical reflection on today’s food systems? Through interviews, essays, and artistic contributions, the volume highlights experiences of those who have left urban life to embrace farming, explores intersections between art and agriculture, and addresses the challenges of industrial food production.
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Key contributions include:
. Life stories of farmers such as Nacho Peres, Surinye Olarte, Sofía Castiñeiras, and Oliver Needham, who left urban professions to 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, Eva-Maria Lopez, and others, linking agriculture to art, ritual, and ecological awareness.
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Visual and documentary perspectives from Mathieu Asselin, Semantica Studios (Jemma Foster & Camilla French), Agustín Iriart, Rosell Meseguer, and more, examining industrial agriculture, biodiversity loss, and cultural memory.
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Insights from thinkers and scientists such as Paco Calvo (plant intelligence, philosophy of science) and Dr. Joan Rieradevall (urban farming, regenerative systems), bridging cutting-edge research with ecological transition.
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Innovative agricultural approaches presented by Marie Deschamps / Goumbook, Tectum Garden, and LIQUIFER, exploring regenerative farming in arid territories, social hydroponics, and even space habitats as models for sustainable life systems.
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To ensure proper readability of the printed version of the PDF, it is recommended to print this document in its original format (225 × 300 mm). If printed in another format (for example, A4), the text size may not guarantee good legibility.
Para garantizar una lectura adecuada de la versión impresa del PDF, se recomienda imprimir este documento en su formato original (225 × 300 mm). Si se imprime en otro formato (por ejemplo, A4), el tamaño de la letra podría no asegurar una buena legibilidad.
Everybody Should Be a Farmer is an invitation to rethink our relationship with agriculture — not only as food production but as a cultural, ecological, and philosophical practice that shapes how we inhabit the planet.
Rooted in the legacy of Masanobu Fukuoka and his vision of natural farming, the publication asks essential questions about the future of food: Why do people from diverse professions abandon the city to return to the land? What role will technology play in tomorrow’s agriculture? How can art cultivate critical perspectives on our food systems?
It brings together farmers, artists, and researchers who share their experiences of cultivating land, knowledge, and imagination as tools for regeneration.
Through interviews, essays, and artistic contributions, the book explores the return to farming as both a personal choice and a collective response to the climate and biodiversity crisis.
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Publication details:
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Original idea and editing. Tatiana Kourochkina
Interviews. Tatiana Kourochkina
Interview Agustín Iriart. Etan Niño del Río
Interview Paco Calvo. Tatiana Kourochkina and Etan Niño del Río
Transcription of interviews. Etan Niño del Río
Texts. Tatiana Kourochkina, Helena Pérez Guerra and Etan Niño del Río
Narrative by Sofía Castiñeiras. Sofía Castiñeiras
Style Editor. Julián Viñuales
Editorial design. Vero Santana -
Published by: Quo Artis Foundation
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ISBN: 978-84-09-62059-3
