Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet by George Monbiot Groundswell Speaker 2024 water features and wild corners

water features and wild corners

Fourth Estate LtdISBN: 9780008511760Extent: 384 pages

US Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz infamously commanded farmers to get big or get out

But those who make a noisy mess of their careers end up in Slough House

whole societies and cultures can change - rapidly

Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet by George Monbiot Groundswell Speaker 2024 water features and wild cornersFrom the bestselling author of Feral, a breathtaking first glimpse of a new future for food and for humanity. Farming is the world's greatest cause of environmental destruction and the one we are least prepared to talk about. We criticise urban sprawl, but farming sprawls across thirty times as much land. We have ploughed, fenced and grazed great tracts of the planet, felling forests, killing wildlife, and poisoning rivers and oceans to feed