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.
0 有用 Dan 2020-04-21 19:41:27
农业是技术活,生态农业是知识要求提升了几个量级的技术活,如果把工业农业从业者比作普通水品JAVA码农的话,那么生态农业从业者至少也可以类比成量子计算研究者,但是这四种职业的收入、社会地位却有云泥之别;思想上回到“劳动最光荣”的时代,物质上确保农业人口不为衣食住行、子女教育问题发愁和打碎农企寡头利益链,解决两个问题才能真正助推可再生农业革命。
0 有用 Dan 2020-04-21 19:41:27
农业是技术活,生态农业是知识要求提升了几个量级的技术活,如果把工业农业从业者比作普通水品JAVA码农的话,那么生态农业从业者至少也可以类比成量子计算研究者,但是这四种职业的收入、社会地位却有云泥之别;思想上回到“劳动最光荣”的时代,物质上确保农业人口不为衣食住行、子女教育问题发愁和打碎农企寡头利益链,解决两个问题才能真正助推可再生农业革命。