The Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers, and Foodies Are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet

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Thousands of years of poor farming and ranching practices and, especially, modern industrial agriculture have led to the loss of up to 80 percent of carbon from the world s soils That carbon is now floating in the atmosphere, and even if we stopped using fossil fuels today, it would continue warming the planet In The Soil Will Save Us, journalist and bestselling author Kristin Ohlson makes an elegantly argued, passionate case for our great green hope a way in which we can not only heal the land but also turn atmospheric carbon into beneficial soil carbon and potentially reverse global warming.As the granddaughter of farmers and the daughter of avid gardeners, Ohlson has long had an appreciation for the soil A chance conversation with a local chef led her to the crossroads of science, farming, food, and environmentalism and the discovery of the only significant way to remove carbon dioxide from the air an ecological approach that tends not only to plants and animals but also to the vast population of underground microorganisms that fix carbon in the soil Ohlson introduces the visionaries scientists, farmers, ranchers, and landscapers who are figuring out in the lab and on the ground how to build healthy soil, which solves myriad problems drought, erosion, air and water pollution, and food quality, as well as climate change Her discoveries and vivid storytelling will revolutionize the way we think about our food, our landscapes, our plants, and our relationship to Earth. Read The Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers, and Foodies Are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet Author Kristin Ohlson – kino-fada.fr I have to give it five stars it s my book If only 11% of the world s crop land, land that is typically not in use, improved its community of microorganisms the amount of carbon sequestered in the soil would offset all our current emissions of carbon dioxidesummery from a report to NASA You have my complete attention because that is the most hopeful sentence I have read this year I loved this book It was entertaining, interesting, global, and above all excitingly hopefulI was amazed to find myself starting a conversation on If only 11%...Catch up Review 1 of 4 I finished reading this many weeks ago, but I ve been slacking on reviewing and reading, and life lately, so I m not sure quite how up to my usual standards this review will be What s that Yes, I DO have standards, thank you very much RUDE ANYWAY P , I decided to listen to this after reading Naomi Klein s book This Changes Everything Capitalism vs The Climate and being thoroughly depressed about the state of the world by which I mean all of the aspects of it Catch up Review 1 of 4 I finished reading this many weeks ago, but I ve been slacking on reviewing and reading, and life lately, so I m not sure quite how up to my usual standards this review will be What s that Yes, I DO have standards, thank you very much RUDE ANYWAY P , I decided to listen to this after reading Naomi Klein s book This Changes Everything Capitalism vs The Climate and being thoroughly depressed about the state of the world by which I mean all of the aspects of it and also specifically the Earth and its life sustaining ability at ...This is the second consecutive book I read about land health The first was Courtney White s Revolution on the Range so I was familiar with the Quivira Coalition before picking this up This book reinforced many of the same ideas, though this one spends time discussing continuous no till as well The book makes a lot of interesting points but I would have beenskeptical of it had I not read Revolution first, as that book givesdetailed arguments about soil health I think the most This is the second consecutive book I ... The Soil Will Save Us is a very good introduction to the issues of soil carbon depletion Being a new wannabe farmer, I have been doing my best to become educated about current issues and form my opinions about GMO crops, the local movement, organic farming, and now soil health This book brings to light many issues that farmers face with crop health and how improving soil health may be the answer Also, Ohlson tells of many of the front runners in the polictical aspects of soil carbon and how The Soil Will Save Us is a very good introduction to the issues of soil carbon depletion Being a new wa...The Good I always have an ongoing science environment read, one that is light and flows like a fiction this book worked just fine Always refreshing to move beyond chemical reductionism and sterile obsessed modernity and consider the biology ecology of life in this case, soil Yes, dirt It turns out there is a delicate ecosystem where plants sequester carbon to feed micro organisms, which in return help plants absorb certain nutrients and flourish One is reminded of the complex ecologie The Good I always have an ongoing science environment read, one that is light and flows like a fiction this book worked just fine Always refreshing to move beyond chemical reductionism and sterile obsessed modernity and consider the biology ecology of life in this case, soil Yes, dirt It turns out there is a delicate ecosystem where plants sequester carbon to feed micro organisms, which in return help plants absorb certain nutrients and flouri...I m going to give this book five stars because it was a terrific eye opener I am passionate about microbiology and have been particularly focused on the human microbiome This book opened up the microscopic community of the soil and the earth and atmosphere as a whole Content was eye opening and a true delight Narrative was playful, grounded, and brought me into the word of agriculture, agri science, and agri business, and painted a thoughtful picture of the intersections of all of these Nar I m going to give this book five stars because it was a terrific eye opener I am passionate about microbiology and have been particularly focused on the human microbiome This book opened up the microscopic community of the soil and the earth and atmosphere as a whole Content was eye opening and a true delight Narrative was playful, grounded, and brought me into the word ...This book is long on promises, subtle digs, profound questions, and vague generalizations, and very short on specifics The author seems to understand a few things about the soil, and can write, but what exactly does she know At the end of the book we have assurances and bold declarations but not much that is concrete.There are several red flags at the outset There is a bibliography for each chapter, but no footnotes There is no index It is as if the author wants to make it as difficult as p This book is long on promises, subtle digs, profound questions,...At last, a book offering a glimmer of hope to pierce the all pervading environmental gloom Author Ohlson digs deep into topics like soil science, mob herding, no till farming and cover crop husbandry to outline how we might yet undo the damage we ve done to our ecosystem.Better care of the land means healthier crops and animals, fewer flash floods, greater drought resistance, fewer chemical inputs, fewer issues with run off and best of all massive amounts of carbon sequestration.Modern agri At last, a book offering a glimmer of hope to pierce the all pervading environmental gloom Author Ohlson digs deep into topics like soil science, mob herding, no till farming and cover crop husbandry to outline how we might yet undo the damage we ve done to our ecosystem.Better care of the land means healthier crops and animals, fewer flash floods, greater drought resistance, fewer chemical inputs, fewer issues with run off and best of all massive amounts of carbon sequestration.Modern agriculture, she says, has led to the loss of 80 billion tons of carbon from the world s soils and her hope is that scientists, researchers and agrarian free thinkers, working with nature, can put it back.Much of what s written in the book has its roots in far earlier layers of knowledge As Ohlson points out, Pliny the Elder knew all about composting Pastoralists have long practiced crop rotation, green manuring, animal grazing and compa...I never expected to read, let alone review, a book about dirt But after hearing author Kristin Ohlson speak about the things she learned when doing the research for her book, I couldn t wait to read The Soil Will Save Us.The book talks about carbon farming, the practice of building up carbon in the soil to create a healthier environment for plant growth The plants then pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, which helps to reduce and mitigate the effects of climate change In her research f I never expected to read, let alone review, a book about dirt But after hearing author Kristin Ohlson speak about the things she learned when doing the research for her book, I couldn t wait to read The Soil Will Save Us.The book talks about carbon farming, the practice of building up carbon in the soil to create a healthier environment for plant growth The plants then pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, which helps to reduce and mitigate the effects of climate change In her research for The Soil Will Save Us, Ohlson visited farms and rangelands in several U.S states, Zimbabwe, and Australia, and saw firsthand the results of various strategies to create healthier,carbon rich soil.The scientists, farmers, and land managers she sp...

The Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers, and Foodies Are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet
  • English
  • 27 August 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 256 pages
  • 1609615549
  • Kristin Ohlson
  • The Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers, and Foodies Are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet