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Soil
- Narrated by: Matthew Evans
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Perfect for fans of Wilding by Isabella Tree.
What we do to the soil, we do to ourselves.
Soil 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.
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.
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.
Isn't it time we stopped treating the ground beneath our feet like dirt?
Critic Reviews
"A love letter to Mother Earth and entertaining must-read that goes to the heart of our survival." (Charles Massy, author of Call of the Reed Warbler)
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- Chainzz
- 24-07-2023
OMG Dirt is interesting, who would have known.
who would have known dirt a.k.a "Soil" could be so interesting. you should give it a try, a really good read
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- Anonymous User
- 29-08-2023
So informative
Lots of valuable information on soil, food, health and the environment- am looking at my veggie bed in a new light
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- Anonymous User
- 08-08-2024
So informative!
Wow, I enjoyed this book immensely, I now know so much more about the soil I grow my food in, how we are wasting our soil and important facts about the way we farm, how this is affecting climate change and the amount it affects it as opposed to other damages we are doing to our beautiful earth.
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- laura
- 07-11-2021
The terrestrial equivalent of "Gut" by Julia Ender
This is an engaging read for any audience and I highly reccomend it for any passionate eaters, growers and the sustainability conscious. I found it enlightening, often alarming and empowering. Full of science, yet disguised in a very accessible read.
I liken it to Julia Ender's "Gut". It is the terrestrial equivalent of a simple biome explainer, with the makings of a best selling book.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-11-2021
Brilliant! A must read / listen book
Fascinating, informative and very interesting. Loved every bit of this book. Thank you for writing this book and bringing our precious soil under the spotlight and advocating for it to secure our food sources, ecosystems, and the health of our planet.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-12-2021
Loved it!!
I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the health of our planet.
It offers a unique insight into the health and well being of the soil.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-11-2022
Surprised
This book has struck a chord with me. In parts even maybe chuckle at the way he read it, but even more so, it's making me excited to go out and work my land and see what's about and take more notice what's beneath my feet loved it, thank you highly recommend it!
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- Anonymous User
- 22-12-2022
soil
compelling well researched with a relevant approach to current events. a set of ideal to aspire to.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-02-2024
A Game Changer!
Loved this! Very thought provoking and I will be closely scrutinising my gardening and grazing practices as a result. I’ll definitely be listening to this again . . . and again!
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- Shakya
- 15-09-2021
I got very excited about my soil
Informative, interesting and the science was easy to follow, As a farmer I know the importance of god soil and treat it with the love and respect it deserves. My soil feeds me and my family, keeps my land fertile, cool and retains the must needed water in the ground. It does all this by helping my plants and trees to grow. The cycle of life from soil to what it grows and returns to the earth is fascinating.
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