Growing a Revolution :Bringing Our Soil Back to Life
Growing a Revolution :Bringing Our Soil Back to Life
paperback
Published:
10 July, 2018
Popular Books by David R. Montgomery
View All Books by David R. Montgomery
Description
Prizes
Short-listed for Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize 2018
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780393356090 |
| ISBN10 | 0393356094 |
| Number Of Pages | 320 |
| Item Weight | 255 g |
| Product Dimensions | 140 x 211 x 20 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | WW Norton & Co |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
"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
Author's Bio
David R. Montgomery is a professor at the University of Washington and a MacArthur Fellow. He is the author and coauthor of several previous books about soil and agriculture, including Dirt, Growing a Revolution, and What Your Food Ate. He lives with his wife in Seattle.