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Growing a Revolution David R. Montgomery (University of Washington)

Growing a Revolution By David R. Montgomery (University of Washington)

Growing a Revolution by David R. Montgomery (University of Washington)

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An inspiring vision for restoring the soil that feeds us all and turns agriculture into a solution for environmental crises.

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Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life by David R. Montgomery (University of Washington)

Since the dawn of agriculture, great civilizations have sunk into poverty after destroying their once fertile land. Today, few people realise how close we are to the same fate if we don't take action. In Growing a Revolution, David R. Montgomery leads us on a journey through history and around the world to see how innovative farmers ditch the plough, mulch cover crops and adopt complex rotations to restore the soil, finding the foundation for the next agricultural revolution: a soil health revolution.

Cutting through the debates about conventional versus organic agriculture, Montgomery shows how new regenerative methods heal damaged environments and improve farmers' bottom lines. Ancient wisdom merges with modern science and Growing a Revolution shows how agriculture can help solve modern environmental woes.

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How can humanity feed its burgeoning billions when one-third of agricultural soil is degraded? Pondering that question propelled geologist David Montgomery on a three-decade, six-continent survey of farmland. The insights gleaned add nuance to his pointed critiques of agrotechnology and organic farming, but it's the findings on rapid soil restoration that compel. -- Nature
Brilliant, well researched, eloquent, and deeply hopeful. -- Denis Hayes, founder of Earth Day
David Montgomery... is one of our most eloquent and precise earth science communicators... [He] has a knack for opening our minds to large, critically important questions. -- New Scientist
A wise and grounded book - restored soils are the solution. -- Jules N. Pretty, Professor of Environment and Society, University of Essex, UK
Growing a Revolution presents a clear-eyed examination of a solution to the challenges we face in feeding the world. A joy to read with the bounce and flow of a great biography. I couldn't recommend it more. -- Jerry Harrison, keyboardist and guitarist, Talking Heads
Montgomery has written another classic. Growing a Revolution is one of the most important books ever written-an engaging and revealing service to human society and our planet. -- Amir Kassam, professor of agriculture, policy and development, University of Reading, UK
This is a such an important book... thanks to those who told me to read it... Everyone interested in what we should eat and how we should farm should read it. -- James Rebanks

About David R. Montgomery (University of Washington)

David R. Montgomery is a professor of Earth and space sciences at the University of Washington. He studies the evolution of topography and the influence of geomorphological processes on ecological systems and human societies. He received a BS from Stanford University (1984, geology) and a PhD from UC Berkeley (1991, geomorphology). His field studies have included projects in the Philippines, eastern Tibet, South America, California, and the Pacific Northwest of North America. In 2008 Montgomery received a MacArthur Fellowship. His books Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, King of Fish: The Thousand-Year Run of Salmon, and The Rocks Don't Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood have all won the Washington State Book Award in General Nonfiction. Montgomery's latest book, Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life, was a finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson award for Literary Science Writing. His books have been translated into nine languages.

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CIN0393356094A
9780393356090
0393356094
Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life by David R. Montgomery (University of Washington)
David R. Montgomery (University of Washington)
Used - Well Read
Paperback
WW Norton & Co
20180921
320
Short-listed for Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize 2018 null null null null null null null null null
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