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Our world is built on an invisible one we are barely beginning to
understand. In The Hidden Half of Nature, geologist David R.
Montgomery and biologist Anne Bikle argue that Earth's smallest
creatures-microbes-could fundamentally change how we grow food,
what we eat and how we practise medicine. The Hidden Half of Nature
shares Montgomery and Bikle's efforts to turn a barren patch of
ground into a flourishing garden, and Bikle's struggle with cancer.
Taking readers deep into the science and history of agriculture and
immunology, they show that microbes can provide powerful solutions
to the problems plaguing modern agriculture as well as our own
bodies. A spellbinding story, The Hidden Half of Nature reveals how
we can restore fertility to the land and defeat chronic diseases.
We know that our diet influences our health. But is there more to
the adage "you are what you eat?" Connecting the dots from
agriculture to medicine, geologist David R. Montgomery and
biologist Anne Bikle argue we overlook the other half of a healthy
diet: how we grow our food. Journeying from research labs to the
fields of regenerative farmers, they uncover scientific and
historical evidence for how farming practices-so often disruptive
to microbial partnerships-influence soil health and shape the types
and amounts of health-promoting minerals, fats and phytochemicals
in our crops, meat and dairy-and thus ourselves. Understanding
these connections has profound implications for what we eat and how
we grow it, now and in the future. A capstone work from lauded
authors, What Your Food Ate is a story both sobering and inspiring:
what's good for the soil is good for us, too.
Dirt, soil, call it what you want - it's everywhere we go. It is
the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, and our
cities. This fascinating yet disquieting book finds, however, that
we are running out of dirt, and it's no laughing matter. An
engaging natural and cultural history of soil that sweeps from
ancient civilizations to modern times, "Dirt: The Erosion of
Civilizations" explores the compelling idea that we are - and have
long been - using up Earth's soil. Once bare of protective
vegetation and exposed to wind and rain, cultivated soils erode bit
by bit, slowly enough to be ignored in a single lifetime but fast
enough over centuries to limit the lifespan of civilizations. A
rich mix of history, archaeology and geology, "Dirt" traces the
role of soil use and abuse in the history of Mesopotamia, Ancient
Greece, the Roman Empire, China, European colonialism, Central
America, and the American push westward. We see how soil has shaped
us and we have shaped soil - as society after society has risen,
prospered, and plowed through a natural endowment of fertile dirt.
David R. Montgomery sees in the recent rise of organic and no-till
farming the hope for a new agricultural revolution that might help
us avoid the fate of previous civilizations.
Environmental Science and Sustainability helps students discover
their role in the environment and the impact of their choices.
Authors David Montgomery and Daniel Sherman bring scientific and
environmental policy expertise to a modern treatment of
environmental science; in addition to teaching climate change,
sustainability and resilience, they reveal how our personal
decisions affect our planet and our lives.
Our world is built on an invisible one we are barely beginning to
understand. In The Hidden Half of Nature, geologist David R.
Montgomery and biologist Anne Bikle argue that Earth's smallest
creatures-microbes-could fundamentally change how we grow food,
what we eat and how we practise medicine. The Hidden Half of Nature
shares Montgomery and Bikle's efforts to turn a barren patch of
ground into a flourishing garden, and Bikle's struggle with cancer.
Taking readers deep into the science and history of agriculture and
immunology, they show that microbes can provide powerful solutions
to the problems plaguing modern agriculture as well as our own
bodies. A spellbinding story, The Hidden Half of Nature reveals how
we can restore fertility to the land and defeat chronic diseases.
We know that our diet influences our health. But is there more to
the adage “you are what you eat?” Connecting the dots from
agriculture to medicine, geologist David R. Montgomery and
biologist Anne Biklé argue we overlook the other half of a healthy
diet: how we grow our food. Journeying from research labs to the
fields of regenerative farmers, they uncover scientific and
historical evidence for how farming practices—so often disruptive
to microbial partnerships—influence soil health and shape the
types and amounts of health-promoting minerals, fats and
phytochemicals in our crops, meat and dairy—and thus ourselves.
Understanding these connections has profound implications for what
we eat and how we grow it, now and in the future. A capstone work
from lauded authors, What Your Food Ate is a story both sobering
and inspiring: what’s good for the soil is good for us, too.
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.
In Tibet, geologist David R. Montgomery heard a local story about a
great flood that bore a striking similarity to Noah s Flood.
Intrigued, Montgomery began investigating the world s flood stories
and drawing from historic works by theologians, natural
philosophers, and scientists discovered the counterintuitive role
Noah s Flood played in the development of both geology and
creationism. Steno, the grandfather of geology, even invoked the
Flood in laying geology s founding principles based on his
observations of northern Italian landscapes. Centuries later, the
founders of modern creationism based their irrational view of a
global flood on a perceptive critique of geology. With an explorer
s eye and a refreshing approach to both faith and science,
Montgomery takes readers on a journey across landscapes and
cultures. In the process we discover the illusive nature of truth,
whether viewed through the lens of science or religion, and how it
changed through history and continues changing, even today."
Who is Bert Corona? Though not readily identified by most
Americans, nor indeed by many Mexican Americans, Corona is a man of
enormous political commitment whose activism has spanned much of
this century. Now his voice can be heard by the wide audience it
deserves. In this landmark publication--the first autobiography by
a major figure in Chicano history--Bert Corona relates his life
story.
Corona was born in El Paso in 1918. Inspired by his parents'
participation in the Mexican Revolution, he dedicated his life to
fighting economic and social injustice. An early labor organizer
among ethnic communities in southern California, Corona has
agitated for labor and civil rights since the 1940s. His efforts
continue today in campaigns to organize undocumented
immigrants.
This book evolved from a three-year oral history project between
Bert Corona and historian Mario T. Garcia. The result is a
"testimonio," a collaborative autobiography in which historical
memories are preserved more through oral traditions than through
written documents. Corona's story represents a collective memory of
the Mexican-American community's struggle against discrimination
and racism. His narration and Garcia's analysis together provide a
journey into the Mexican-American world.
Bert Corona's reflections offer us an invaluable glimpse at the
lifework of a major grass-roots American leader. His story is
further enriched by biographical sketches of others whose names
have been little recorded during six decades of American labor
history.
In Tibet, geologist David R. Montgomery heard a local story about a
great flood that bore a striking similarity to Noah s Flood.
Intrigued, Montgomery began investigating the world s flood stories
and drawing from historic works by theologians, natural
philosophers, and scientists discovered the counterintuitive role
Noah s Flood played in the development of both geology and
creationism. Steno, the grandfather of geology, even invoked the
Flood in laying geology s founding principles based on his
observations of northern Italian landscapes. Centuries later, the
founders of modern creationism based their irrational view of a
global flood on a perceptive critique of geology. With an explorer
s eye and a refreshing approach to both faith and science,
Montgomery takes readers on a journey across landscapes and
cultures. In the process we discover the illusive nature of truth,
whether viewed through the lens of science or religion, and how it
changed through history and continues changing, even today."
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