Congratulations to Nicole Chalmer for the publication of Ecoagriculture for a Sustainable Food Future (CSIRO Publishing, 2021). The book describes the ecological history of food production systems in Australia, showing how Aboriginal food systems collapsed when European farming methods were imposed on bushlands. Chalmer explores the damage that has arisen from farming systems unsuited to their environment, and presents compelling evidence that producing food is an ecological process that needs to be rethought in order to ensure resilient food production into the future.