Sister Nature

Jess de Boer’s book is both factually rich and an inspiring human story that makes the case for feeding our planet by turning ‘cranky, old Mother Nature into cool, epic Sister Nature’. Read this book if you eat food! – Chris Klintworth * Co-founder of Savo Project Developers. *This revolution will never take place indoors”, chef-turned-beekeeper Jessie de Boer issues a clarion call for each of us to participate in doing our bit to preserve our natural world. It is relevant for every single person, no matter what you do, and de Boer writes beautifully about her and all of our umbilical connection with the natural world. You’ll come to be instructed, but you’ll stay because you’re inspired. – Roshan Paul * CEO & Co-founder of the Amani Institute *Sister Nature is an incredibly entertaining romp of seeing the world through an interconnected and dynamic lens, welcome to the journey! – Jeremiah KiddSister Nature is a story generous in fact and creativity, through which Jess gives us the case for changing how we think about our natural world and the global food system. – Layla Liebetrau * Project Lead of the Route to Food Initiative *Buzzing with reverence, discovery, action and awe, this vibrant book invites us into the global hive of permaculture, land regeneration and beekeeping. – Anna Featherstone * author of Honey Farm Dreaming *Jess de Boer is a masterful storyteller. With enthusiasm and divine wisdom, she shares a healing story yearning to be told that holds our future in its hands. – Jacqueline Freeman * author of Song of Increase: Listening to the Wisdom of Honeybees for Kinder Beekeeping and a Better World *Open these pages and find yourself in the passenger seat for a thrilling adventure deep into some of the most remote places on the African continent. Jess de Boer guides readers to a new vision for regenerative farming based on core principles practiced by honeybees for millennia: Care for the earth, care for community, and sharing the surplus. – Meredith May * author of THE HONEY BUS: A Memoir of Loss, Courage, and a Girl Saved by Bees *Sister Nature is an educational, entertaining, and deeply inspiring book that will have you pulling on your boots and heading out to get your hands in the dirt before you’ve turned the last page. – Kelly Ramsey * author of Wildfire Days: A Woman, a Hotshot Crew, and the Burning American West *

Jess de Boer is a farmer, beekeeper and lifelong student of the soil.

A Kenyan citizen of Dutch descent born and raised in Nairobi, Jess has spent the last decade working across the East and Horn of Africa in the Regenerative Agriculture space.

Jess retains a focus on facilitating the mainstream adoption of integrated land use practices across both tropical and dry-land (ASAL) landscapes and is committed to shaping the development of a regenerative African story - making farming cool again.

In 2014, she won the Africa Book Club Short Reads competition with her story ‘The Honey Man’. In 2016, her debut book The Elephant and the Bee was published by Jacaranda Books. Sister Nature is her second book.

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