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A spellbinding story, The Hidden Half of Nature reveals how we can restore fertility to the land and defeat chronic diseases.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56289626718581,"sku":"9780393353372","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780393353372_3ecd73a6-12b7-42f7-b660-f25ab5e4ec35.jpg?v=1786013486"},{"product_id":"9780393356090","title":"Growing a Revolution – Bringing Our Soil Back to Life","description":"Since the dawn of agriculture, great civilizations have sunk into poverty after destroying their once fertile land. Today, few people realise how close we are to the same fate if we don’t take action. In Growing a Revolution, David R. Montgomery leads us on a journey through history and around the world to see how innovative farmers ditch the plough, mulch cover crops and adopt complex rotations to restore the soil, finding the foundation for the next agricultural revolution: a soil health revolution.   Cutting through the debates about conventional versus organic agriculture, Montgomery shows how new regenerative methods heal damaged environments and improve farmers’ bottom lines. Ancient wisdom merges with modern science and Growing a Revolution shows how agriculture can help solve modern environmental woes.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56289661780341,"sku":"9780393356090","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780393356090_7e3cc754-3e8b-4e4f-8bdf-2d9a8c57d93d.jpg?v=1786013525"},{"product_id":"9780520272903","title":"Dirt – The Erosion of Civilizations","description":"Dirt, soil, call it what you want - it's everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, and our cities. This fascinating yet disquieting book finds, however, that we are running out of dirt, and it's no laughing matter. An engaging natural and cultural history of soil that sweeps from ancient civilizations to modern times, \"Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations\" explores the compelling idea that we are - and have long been - using up Earth's soil. Once bare of protective vegetation and exposed to wind and rain, cultivated soils erode bit by bit, slowly enough to be ignored in a single lifetime but fast enough over centuries to limit the lifespan of civilizations. A rich mix of history, archaeology and geology, \"Dirt\" traces the role of soil use and abuse in the history of Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, China, European colonialism, Central America, and the American push westward. We see how soil has shaped us and we have shaped soil - as society after society has risen, prospered, and plowed through a natural endowment of fertile dirt. David R.   Montgomery sees in the recent rise of organic and no-till farming the hope for a new agricultural revolution that might help us avoid the fate of previous civilizations.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56291494330741,"sku":"9780520272903","price":21.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780520272903_4f8b0ac6-ce1d-4ba6-9b9e-9eebcc07067a.jpg?v=1786014179"},{"product_id":"9781324052104","title":"What Your Food Ate – How to Restore Our Land and Reclaim Our Health","description":"We know that our diet influences our health. But is there more to the adage “you are what you eat?” Connecting the dots from agriculture to medicine, geologist David R. Montgomery and biologist Anne Biklé argue we overlook the other half of a healthy diet: how we grow our food.   Journeying from research labs to the fields of regenerative farmers, they uncover scientific and historical evidence for how farming practices—so often disruptive to microbial partnerships—influence soil health and shape the types and amounts of health-promoting minerals, fats and phytochemicals in our crops, meat and dairy—and thus ourselves. Understanding these connections has profound implications for what we eat and how we grow it, now and in the future. A capstone work from lauded authors, What Your Food Ate is a story both sobering and inspiring: what’s good for the soil is good for us, too.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56297564012917,"sku":"9781324052104","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781324052104_781ad7f2-57ee-4b85-b304-ca96cb52aab4.jpg?v=1786018566"},{"product_id":"9781324004530","title":"What Your Food Ate – How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health","description":"We know that our diet influences our health. But is there more to the adage “you are what you eat?” Connecting the dots from agriculture to medicine, geologist David R. Montgomery and biologist Anne Biklé argue we overlook the other half of a healthy diet: how we grow our food.   Journeying from research labs to the fields of regenerative farmers, they uncover scientific and historical evidence for how farming practices—so often disruptive to microbial partnerships—influence soil health and shape the types and amounts of health-promoting minerals, fats and phytochemicals in our crops, meat and dairy—and thus ourselves. Understanding these connections has profound implications for what we eat and how we grow it, now and in the future. A capstone work from lauded authors, What Your Food Ate is a story both sobering and inspiring: what’s good for the soil is good for us, too.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56297711960437,"sku":"9781324004530","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781324004530_b838e5db-2ee2-4c44-bd7e-6c318d127b6d.jpg?v=1786018435"},{"product_id":"9781324117742","title":"ReGen","description":"A century of conventional farming has left our planet with sick soil, accelerating the interlinked crises of food security, biodiversity loss, water pollution and climate change. In ReGen, David R. Montgomery lays out a practical and productive vision for recovering soil health and safeguarding the future of food. The answer: soil-building regenerative farming. In exploring this much-needed turning point for agriculture, Montgomery marshals more than a decade of research, interviewing innovative farmers and seeing firsthand how they restored degraded farms around the world. ReGen breaks down common myths around conventional and organic farming, animal agriculture and plant-based diets to frame ten policy recommendations for sustainably nourishing the world. As Montgomery shows, reducing tillage, laying off synthetic fertilisers and pesticides, growing a diversity of crops and getting livestock back on the land can reverse centuries of soil degradation and harvest nutrient-dense food. Succinct, accessible and urgent, ReGen points the way to a healthier, more resilient world.   David R. Montgomery’s Growing a Revolution (ISBN 9780393356090) was praised as:\"David Montgomery... is one of our most eloquent and precise earth science communicators... [He] has a knack for opening our minds to large, critically important questions.\" — New Scientist","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56420642881909,"sku":"9781324117742","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781324117742.jpg?v=1791212850"},{"product_id":"environmental-science-and-sustainability","title":"Environmental Science and Sustainability","description":"Sherman and Montgomery’s Third Edition teaches environmental science in action, going beyond simply educating students about the environment—it demonstrates how environmental change shapes students’ daily decisions.   Building on two successful editions, this revision strengthens its focus on the process of science, helping students better understand complex and important topics like climate systems, energy, population, and food and agriculture.   Within the Norton Illumine Ebook, What Would You Do? interactives, written by author Daniel Sherman, put students in the role of a decision-maker. Students gain hands-on practice with real-world environmental science scenarios, building skills they will take with them beyond the classroom.   Highlights of the Third Edition’s new content:Stronger focus on the process of scienceNew Process of Science figures guide students through how scientific knowledge is built—step by step—strengthening critical thinking and scientific literacy. These new figures are integrated into the Process of Science feature to show how the process of science was used in the discovery.   Clearer, more accessible core science conceptsThe Third Edition has a clearer emphasis on science concepts in key chapters. Chapter titles now clearly call out the core science topics within chapters, and appropriate chapters now include enhanced coverage of core science, biology, and ecology topics.   Real-world decision-making interactives, now in the Norton Illumine EbookNew What Would You Do? interactives in the Norton Illumine Ebook put students in the role of a decision-maker, weighing trade-offs and applying key concepts to environmental problems such as controlling invasive species while protecting biodiversity. Professors can assign these for completion credit through their LMS while monitoring engagement and progress through the Norton Illumine Ebook dashboard.   Fully updated data and current examplesThe Third Edition incorporates the latest research, including IPCC AR6 and the Fifth National Climate Assessment, across key topics like climate, energy, and population.   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