Six Inches of Soil: How to Heal Our Soils, Ourselves and Our Communities Through Regenerative Farming

‘Six Inches of Soil tells the story of how and why agriculture went down the path of soil degradation which has led to losses in biodiversity, carbon, water quality and nutrient density in our foods BUT it then takes you on a captivating journey of regeneration. Highlighting farms on their regenerative journey. Showing us the way and giving us hope. A must read for all society.’ – Gabe Brown, Rancher, Educator, Author (Dirt to Soil) and Student of the Soil  ‘Readable, poetic and illustrative in its production; charming, evocative and educational in its content, Six Inches of Soil: How to Heal Our Soils, Ourselves, and Our Communities Through Regenerative Farming is above all helpful and honest. It’s not just for farmers, but for anyone and everyone.’ – Jenny Jefferies, author of Islands In A Common Sea: Stories of Farming, Fishing and Food Around The World ‘The team behind Six Inches of Soil have pulled off something remarkable. This book has succeeded in capturing the passion and wonder from the film, supplementing that content with scientific, farming and policy depth to produce a work that stands strongly on its own feet. If you are lucky enough to have already watched the film, you will be delighted by the extra detail and discourse within these pages. If you are reading it fresh, the combination of interviews, discussion and reflection will probably change the way you look at soil forever.’ – Ben Raskin, Head of Horticulture and Agroforestry, Soil Association & author of The Woodchip Handbook ‘To feed a growing global population, we will need to produce more food than ever before – but we must do so more sustainably than has been the case in the past seventy years. Six Inches of Soil provides a hopeful vision for sustainable farming, based on careful stewardship of our most precious resource, alongside farming with – rather than in opposition to – our natural environment. A timely work which points the way to a more sustainable approach to food, farming and the environment.’ – Joe Stanely, Head of Sustainable Farming, The Allerton Project & author of Farm to Fork : The Challenge of Sustainable Farming in 21st Century Britain ‘A fantastic assembly of the trials, tribulations, successes and failures of all those connected to the land that are looking at replacing death with life in the food production system.’ – Ben Taylor-Davies/RegenBen