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9780393356090: Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life
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ISBN 10: 0393356094 ISBN 13: 9780393356090
Editorial: WW Norton & Co, 2018

Sinopsis

Since the dawn of agriculture, great civilizations have sunk into poverty after destroying their once fertile land. Today, few people realise how close we are to the same fate if we don’t take action. In Growing a Revolution, David R. Montgomery leads us on a journey through history and around the world to see how innovative farmers ditch the plough, mulch cover crops and adopt complex rotations to restore the soil, finding the foundation for the next agricultural revolution: a soil health revolution. Cutting through the debates about conventional versus organic agriculture, Montgomery shows how new regenerative methods heal damaged environments and improve farmers’ bottom lines. Ancient wisdom merges with modern science and Growing a Revolution shows how agriculture can help solve modern environmental woes.

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David R. Montgomery is a professor of Earth and space sciences at the University of Washington. He studies the evolution of topography and the influence of geomorphological processes on ecological systems and human societies. He received a BS from Stanford University (1984, geology) and a PhD from UC Berkeley (1991, geomorphology). His field studies have included projects around the world and he is an elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. He has received many awards throughout his career, including a MacArthur Fellowship and the Vega Medal. His books Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations, King of Fish: The Thousand-Year Run of Salmon, and The Rocks Don’t Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah’s Flood have all won the Washington State Book Award in General Nonfiction. Montgomery’s Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life was a finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Award for Literary Science Writing. He also coauthored with Anne Biklé The Hidden Half of Nature and What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health. Most recently, he published his case for regenerative agriculture, Regen: A New Future for Farming, Food, and Health. His books have been translated into eleven languages. He is also a coauthor of the textbook Essentials of Physical Geography with W. W. Norton.

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Editorial
WW Norton & Co
Año de publicación
2018
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
0393356094
ISBN 13 
9780393356090
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Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
320
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