Children of the Land Book Excerpts - Digital Pre-Order / Bioneers Course Materials

Children of the Land: A Soul Fire Farm Parenting Guide

Seven Stories Press: 2027

By Leah Penniman (mother) and Neshima Vitale-Penniman (child)

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and the daughters of life longing for itself.” 

~Kahlil Gibran

Children arrive in this world with a natural inclination to be connected to land, community, and purpose. A society addicted to isolation and materialism frustrates our children’s journeys to wholeness, but we don’t have to acquiesce. Parents and caregivers can partner with the earth to raise young ones fluent in liberatory praxis, skilled in land stewardship, deeply intertwined with community, and rooted in their unique destinies. Both guide and archive, Children of the Land tells the stories of the young people raised at Soul Fire Farm, extracting replicable practices that can be applied in diverse contexts. Grounded in Afro-Indigenous wisdom that emphasizes village child-rearing and intergenerational cooperation, this book is a loving dialogue between a mother, child, and the land that holds them.  

NOTE: Children of the Land is the required reference text for the Children of the Land online course through Bioneers. Those who pre-order will be emailed a digital proof of key excerpts in pdf format prior to the start of the course.

If you are not taking the Bioneers course, please wait until publication in 2027 to purchase your copy of the book.