David R. Montgomery is a professor at the University of Washington and a 2008 MacArthur Fellow.
"How can humanity feed its burgeoning billions when one-third of
agricultural soil is degraded? Pondering that question propelled
geologist David Montgomery on a three-decade, six-continent survey
of farmland. The insights gleaned add nuance to his pointed
critiques of agrotechnology and organic farming, but it's the
findings on rapid soil restoration that compel."
*Nature*
"Brilliant, well researched, eloquent, and deeply hopeful."
*Denis Hayes, founder of Earth Day*
"David Montgomery... is one of our most eloquent and precise earth
science communicators... [He] has a knack for opening our minds to
large, critically important questions."
*New Scientist*
"A wise and grounded book — restored soils are the solution."
*Jules N. Pretty, Professor of Environment and Society, University
of Essex, UK*
"Growing a Revolution presents a clear-eyed examination of a
solution to the challenges we face in feeding the world. A joy to
read with the bounce and flow of a great biography. I couldn’t
recommend it more."
*Jerry Harrison, keyboardist and guitarist, Talking Heads*
"Montgomery has written another classic. Growing a Revolution is
one of the most important books ever written—an engaging and
revealing service to human society and our planet."
*Amir Kassam, professor of agriculture, policy and development,
University of Reading, UK*
"This is a such an important book... thanks to those who told me to
read it... Everyone interested in what we should eat and how we
should farm should read it."
*James Rebanks*
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