Growing A Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life - Couverture rigide

Montgomery, David R.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0393608328 ISBN 13 : 9780393608328

Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2017

Synopsis

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

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

David R. Montgomery is a professor of geomorphology at the University of Washington and a 2008 MacArthur Fellow. He is the author of The Rocks Don't Lie and other award-winning popular science books. He lives in Seattle with his wife, author and biologist Anne Bikle, and Loki, their guide-dog dropout.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: WW Norton & Co
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0393608328
• ISBN 13: 9780393608328
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
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• Personne responsable: non disponible