One Size Fits None: A Farm Girl’s Search for the Promise of Regenerative Agriculture

One Size Fits None is divided into sections by agricultural strategy and farm size. Why did Anderson arrange her book in this way? How does this arrangement impact the reader’s understanding of Anderson’s central tenet?

Is conventional farming a bad food production system? Why or why not? How would Anderson respond to your argument?

Do you think regenerative agriculture can be implemented on a large-scale across the US? Why or why not?

Anderson argues that regenerative strategies have already been invented for decades, if not hundreds of years. Why do many farmers and ranchers not employ these strategies? How can these strategies be re-integrated into the US food production system?

Why are conventional farmers, environmentalists, and some researchers skeptical of holistic management? What are some of the empirical claims presented by Anderson to refute their skepticism? Are you convinced by this evidence?

How has the dominion narrative contributed to farming’s abuse of the environment? Instead of this narrative, what should be food producer’s relationship with ecosystems? What would Anderson say about this? Do you agree or disagree with her position?

Anderson frequently discusses the link between soil, human, plant, and livestock health, and the environment. How does she explain this link? Are you convinced by this explanation?

What role do the regenerative farmers and ranchers in One Size Fits None think consumers should play in transforming the US food production system? Would conventional farmers agree with this perspective? Why or why not? Do you think the American public would find the regenerative producer’s perspective compelling?