Growing a Revolution Bringing Our Soil Back to Life [Paperback]

The insights gleaned add nuance to [Montgomerys] pointed critiques of agrotechnology and organic farming, but its the findings on rapid soil restoration that compel.In his reader-friendly style, Montgomery describes the environmental crossroads at which we stand, and shows us not only the devastation, but the potential solution, that exists right beneath our feet.This is a Sand County Almanac of agriculture, a Walden Pond of loam and tilth, a paradigm-bending journey into the principles that guide the life beneath our feet and thus the life that nourishes us.A wonderful read on how to make soil rich and prosperous!Brilliant, well researched, eloquent, and deeply hopeful.Montgomery has the rare talent of making complex scientific topics not only understandable but truly fascinating.In the past couple of years, an awful lot of smart people have started talking very seriously about the state of the planets soil. If you want to understand whats at stake, and learn about the exciting possibilities, this book is a fine starting point.Being a long time doom bat regarding the fate of the natural world,Montgomery has written another classic.From Plato to FDR, from George Washington to Gabe Brown, Montgomery shows how all roads lead to the soiland the potential it holds to redress some of our greatest challenges in the twenty-first century.Finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award