Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life

by David R. Montgomery

Book Overview

For centuries, agricultural practices have eroded the soil that farming depends on, stripping it of the organic matter vital to its productivity. Now conventional agriculture is threatening disaster for the world's growing population. In Growing a Revolution, geologist David R. Montgomery travels the world, meeting farmers at the forefront of an agricultural movement to restore soil health. From Kansas to Ghana, he sees why adopting the three tenets...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393356094
• ISBN13: 9780393356090
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.1"