Six Inches of Soil (eBook, ePUB)

How to Heal Our Soils, Ourselves and Our Communities Through Regenerative Farming
Redaktion: Foster, Molly; Toynbee, Jeremy; Kalia, Priya

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

How has it come to this point in our history that we hardly value the food we eat and the soil that it's grown in? How is it that we care so little how food production impacts animals and the environment?Industrial farming has transformed Britain's rural landscapes, increasing crop yields and reducing hunger. Yet this has all come at a terrible ecological cost. It is 'both a miracle and a disaster'.Six Inches of Soil, the film and this companion book, is the inspiring story of three British farmers standing up to the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil, benefit our health and provide for local communities. Six Inches of Soil is a story of courage, vision and hope. This book is not just for farmers. Reconnecting with our food, and regenerating our soils, ourselves and our communities benefits everyone and needs everyone to be involved. We want to inspire farmers with the confidence and practical know-how to adopt regenerative farming approaches. We want to give consumers the impetus and information to rethink their food choices.This book and the film are closely related but stand on their own. In these pages you will find detailed chapters on each of the three farmers that provide replicable case studies and inspiration. Additionally, there are chapters examining the problems with the current agri-food system and proposing solutions and a vision for the future. Recognised experts: explain agroecological farming systems and soil science; consider the issues of land use, greenwashing, subsidies, food security; and provide examples of agroforestry applications, and farm enterprise stacking and diversification.Their three stories are inspiring, guiding and frustrating. Allow yourself to be inspired, to be guided and to turn your frustration in to action.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: 5m Books Ltd
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781917159012
• Artikelnr.: 72477173

Autorenporträt

Jeremy Toynbee had his hands in the soil studying archaeology at Trinity College, University of Wales. He then followed a love of books and reading into publishing. As an editor, he has been polishing the words of others and shaping them into books for over 25 years. Following stints in newsstand magazines and with the academic publishers Routledge and SAGE, Jeremy formed his own publishing services company in 2007. He was consulting for 5m Books when the opportunity arose to buy it in 2020. Priya Kalia is a biologist with over 12 years' experience in regenerative medicine research, where she studied how to repair the body when it's ill, injured or ageing. During her time in research, she learned about how food and its micronutrients can positively affect our bodies. Priya studied Molecular Biology and Genetics at the University of Toronto, Canada, has a PhD from University College London, and carried out postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge and Kings College London. She runs a strategic communications and content advisory firm, Scitribe. Molly Foster is an interdisciplinary researcher whose interests relate to food and farming sustainability. She studied human sciences at Oxford University and is currently pursuing an anthropology PhD at the Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich. She has previously carried out research into corporate venturing into alternative proteins, with the University of Oxford's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, and taught undergraduate human ecology.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 It's a miracle, but that miracle has created a disaster

CHAPTER 2 Regenerative farming, what is it?

INTERLUDE I Are we using our farmed land wisely?

CHAPTER 3 The science of soil

INTERLUDE II Regulation, greenwashing and co-option

CHAPTER 4 Regenerative mixed farm: Pig Pink Farm, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire

INTERLUDE III Subsidies, Brexit and trade

CHAPTER 5 Organic market garden: Sweetpea, Caxton, Cambridgeshire

INTERLUDE IV Food security and UK self-sufficiency

CHAPTER 6 Pasture-fed beef: Treveddoe, Bodmin, Cornwall

INTERLUDE V Applying agroforestry in mixed regenerative farming

CHAPTER 7 Soil as soul

INTERLUDE VI Enterprise stacking

CHAPTER 8 How do we build a sustainable future for food and farming?

Epilogue - Act now

Appendix I: Partners in change

Appendix II: Advising farmer profiles

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Glossary

Notes

Further reading

Index

Rezensionen

The importance of soil health, and its enormous impacts on the food we eat as well as the surrounding wildlife and the soil's longevity is becoming ever more obvious. Films certified-teacher-training and books like this have been bringing real-life examples of how regen ag, permaculture, agroecology etc., not only produce nutritious local food and provide local jobs, but also lock in carbon and nurture a diversity of native creatures, above and below the ground.

As an extension of the popular film, we meet three farmers from very different settings: A pasture-fed beef farm in Cornwall; an organic market garden in Cambridgeshire and a regenerative mixed farm in Lincolnshire. They are all fairly early in their regen ag experiences, which offers newbies and budding growers a glimpse into the realities. The three farmers offer great insights into their journeys, with real honesty - one farm is still using nitrates but is working hard to move away from this. I liked the mix of perspectives - sections written by the farmers themselves and then interviews they had with others in a similar, but more established position. This gives a better understanding of the long-term benefits of regen ag, helping to inspire the featured farmers but also the readers. I think more from these established projects would better highlight the surrounding chapters that explore soil science, food security and the many difficulties that farmers face.

This is useful for both growers and consumers - we all need to know where our food is coming from, and we must choose to support local growers who are healing the earth while producing food.

Rozie Apps Permaculture Magazine, Issue 121 Autumn 2024