Cutting through standard debates about conventional versus organic agriculture, Montgomery shows how new regenerative methods heal damaged environments and improve farmers bottom lines. Merging ancient wisdom with modern science, these farmers have developed simple, cost-effective ways to pull carbon from the atmosphere and feed the world. Growing a Revolution flips the script, showing how agriculture can help solve our modern environmental woes.
Record details
ISBN:0393608328
ISBN:9780393608328
Physical Description:316 pages ; 25 cm print
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2017]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-308) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- Fertile ruins -- Myths of modern agriculture -- Roots of the underground economy -- The oldest problem -- Ditching the plow -- Green manure -- Developing solutions -- The organic dilemma -- Carbon cowboys -- Invisible herds -- Farming carbon -- Closing the loop -- The fifth revolution.
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