{"product_id":"soil-the-incredible-story-of-what-keeps-the-earth-and-us-healthy-9781911668190","title":"Soil: The Incredible Story of What Keeps the Earth, and Us, Healthy","description":"\"A love letter to Mother Earth and entertaining must-read that goes to the heart of our survival.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Charles Massy, author of Call of the Reed Warbler. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eWilding\u003c\/i\u003e by Isabella Tree. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What we do to the soil, we do to ourselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoil\u003c\/i\u003e is the unlikely story of our most maligned resource as swashbuckling hero. A saga of bombs, ice ages and civilisations falling. Of ancient hunger, modern sicknesses and gastronomic delight. It features poison gas, climate collapse and a mind-blowing explanation of how rain is formed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For too long, we've not only neglected the land beneath us, we've squandered and debased it, by over-clearing, over-grazing and over-ploughing. But if we want our food to nourish us, and to ensure our planet's long-term health, we need to understand how soil works - how it's made, how it's lost, and how it can be repaired. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this ode to the thin veneer of Earth that gifts us life, commentator and farmer Matthew Evans shows us that what we do in our backyards, on our farms, and what we put on our dinner tables really matters, and can be a source of hope. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Isn't it time we stopped treating the ground beneath our feet like dirt?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Murdoch Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911668190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288","brand":"Matthew Evans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574261096629,"sku":"9781911668190","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_59cd1085-12ee-43a3-b1fd-88ee97c198da.jpg?v=1643691817","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/soil-the-incredible-story-of-what-keeps-the-earth-and-us-healthy-9781911668190","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}