Sieren Ernst is a consultant, writer, and the owner of Whistler Meadow Farm, a regenerative farm and restoration project in the Shenandoah Valley. She works at the intersection of land use and conservation, exploring how agriculture can build resilience in both ecosystems and communities. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in publications including The Hudson Review, Asimov’s Science Fiction, and The Independent.
“Cursed be the ground”
The disciplines of regenerative agriculture and nature restoration both seek to establish a more natural relationship with land. Both are experimenting with understanding what that relationship might look like in a modern world.
February 6, 2025