Why this book?
Gabe Brown didn’t set out to change the world when he first started working alongside his father-in-law on the family farm in North Dakota. But a series of weather-related crop disasters put Brown in desperate financial straits. He decided to quit the industrial model of food production and began experimenting with regenerative agriculture instead. He stopped using herbicides, insecticides, and synthetic fertilizers. He no-tilled diverse crops into his fields and changed his grazing practices. By doing so, Brown transformed a degraded farm ecosystem into one full of life. Brown has grown several inches of new topsoil in only twenty years and turned the farm into a diverse, profitable enterprise. This book is a great introduction for all readers.
Dirt to Soil: One Family's Journey Into Regenerative Agriculture
Why should I read it?
1 author picked Dirt to Soil as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
What is this book about?
'Dirt to Soil is the [regenerative farming] movements's holy text' The Observer
Author and farmer Gabe Brown, featured in the Netflix documentary Kiss the Ground
'A regenerative no-till pioneer' NBC News
'Dirt to Soil confirms my belief that animals are part of the natural land. We need to reintegrate livestock and crops on our farms and ranches, and Gabe Brown shows us how to do it well.' Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation
Soil health pioneer Gabe Brown did not set out to write a book on no-till, regenerative agriculture but that was the end product of his research…
