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Regenesis

Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet

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Regenesis

By: George Monbiot
Narrated by: George Monbiot
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People talk a lot about the problems with intensive farming. But the problem isn't the adjective. It's the noun. Around the world, farming has been wiping out vast habitats, depleting freshwater, polluting oceans and accelerating global heating, while leaving millions undernourished and unfed. Increasingly, there are signs that the system itself is beginning to flicker. But, as George Monbiot shows us in this brilliant, bracingly original new book, there is another way.

Regenesis is an exhilarating journey into a new possible future for food, people and the planet. Drawing on the revelatory, rapidly advancing science of soil ecology, Monbiot shows how the hidden biological universe beneath our feet could transform what we eat and how we grow it. He travels to meet the people who are unlocking these methods, from the fruit and vegetable growers who cultivate pests as well as potatoes; through producers of perennial grains who are liberating their fields from ploughs; to the scientists pioneering new forms of protein and fat that can be cooked into rich golden pancakes and much, much more. We start to see how the tiniest life forms in the soil might help us save the living world, allowing us to produce abundant, cheap, healthy food while returning vast swathes of land to the wild.

Here, for the first time, is a profoundly hopeful, appetising and exciting vision of food: of revolutionary cultivation and cuisine that could nourish us all and restore our world of wonders.

©2022 George Monbiot (P)2022 Penguin Audio
Agricultural & Food Sciences Ecology Food Science Nature & Ecology Science Solar System Nutrition
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well read entertaining well researched and solution focussed. recommended reading for anyone interested in farming and soil degredation

thought provoking

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Just like ‘out of the wreckage’ did with politics, so Regenesis does with food production. First revealing the true nature and scale of the systemic problems, then devoting equal or more time and energy discussing solutions. Monbiot has an ability to both show how much worse things are than you thought, yet still leave you feeling optimistic.

Like everything I’ve read of his - must read.

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This is a passionate call to re-examine and change how we produce our food.
It's 'factfullness' combined with fascinating storytelling, and about as far away from wide-eyed, impractical platitudes as you can get. I was often surprised, but came away much wiser. Even better - many solutions are espoused - warts and all - always considering wider systems impacts.
I can't recommend this enough. Thank you George, I can sense the effort and passion that went into this, and I'll be sharing it as much as I can.

Inspiring. Hard-headed. Surprising.

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I enjoy George and his new book is excellent also. He researches, writes and reads well. This book combines a hard hitting perspective on current food and land culture with inspiring story telling and a call to action. I recommend it.

Another great listen

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George Mobile has eloquently articulated the transformation that our society needs to make this decade in order to have a regenerative future. Required reading for those who wish to ensure a chance for their children to have a healthy climate and a sustainable civilization in the coming decades.

extraordinary prescription for a healthy planet

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George Monbiot delivers one of the most eloquent cases against animal agriculture and delineates a clear and exciting path ahead. Brilliantly written and read.

The final nail in the coffin of animal agriculture

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Amazing and informative article narrated by the actual author, always preferable. Sometimes the enthusiasm was received as moderately fanaticle which i think may be counterproductive and antagonising. This however os more than compensated by how thoroughly researched, well rounded, and all encompassing the arguments and points made are. Thankyou.

Well researched, well delivered.

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Lights the true realities facing food production and how the pressures on farmers have shaped the current state of environment. Shreds light on many assumptions; not all organic theory’s is best practice.

The bees knees, of practical food provision

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George supports WEP in promoting extinction rebellion and entrenched poverty. Laboratory made foods could be instrumental in feeding the poor he says.

Let them eat insects!

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This book is Incredibly biased. Lacking any real information. An unrealistic view. Wanted to rewild the planet yet separate humans from it.

Bias

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