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Soil : the incredible story of what keeps the earth, and us, healthy / Matthew Evans.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781922351418 (pbk.)
ISBN	1922351415 (pbk.)
Author	Evans, James Matthew (author)
Title	Soil : the incredible story of what keeps the earth, and us, healthy / Matthew Evans.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Crows Nest, NSW : Murdoch Books, 2021.
Description	xv, 272 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	What we do to the soil, we do to ourselves. Soil is the unlikely story of our most maligned resource as swashbuckling hero. A saga of bombs, ice ages and civilisations falling. Of ancient hunger, modern sicknesses and gastronomic delight. It features poison gas, climate collapse and a mind-blowing explanation of how rain is formed. For too long, we've not only neglected the land beneath us, we've squandered and debased it, by over-clearing, over-grazing and over-ploughing. But if we want our food to nourish us, and to ensure our planet's long-term health, we need to understand how soil works - how it's made, how it's lost, and how it can be repaired. In this ode to the thin veneer of Earth that gifts us life, commentator and farmer Matthew Evans shows us that what we do in our backyards, on our farms, and what we put on our dinner tables really matters, and can be a source of hope. Isn't it time we stopped treating the ground beneath our feet like dirt?
Subjects	Soils
	Soil science
	Soil ecology
	Soil management
	Farm management
	Sustainable agriculture
	Sustainability
Call number	2021.170

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A00941231	2021.170	General Collection		. Available to Museum Staff .