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Author: Matthew Evans
Publisher: Murdoch Books
Imprint: Murdoch Books
Weight: 0.350kg
ISBN: 9781911668190
ISBN 10: 1911668196
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 14 October 2021
Audience:
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'A love letter to Mother Earth and entertaining must-read that goes to the heart of our survival' CHARLES MASSY 'A wonderful, exuberant, intelligent, mind-expanding hymn to the soil - sung from the heart of a man who has experienced its miracles. Wonderful stuff.' ISABELLA TREE 'It's a huge task to get a city girl like me who kills pot plants to read thousands of words about soil but Matthew Evans has done it. Page after page of revelation, making visible the complex and vital world beneath our feet. Reading this book is going to make you dig dirt.' DR REBECCA HUNTLEY 'This book is an urgent and passionate plea to take soil seriously, not just for farmers, gardeners and cooks but for anyone who eats.' GABRIELLE CHAN 'This book is for anyone who eats, and therefore benefits from the gifts that are bound up in this soil we all share. Whether you're a gardener, a farmer or just an enjoyer of food, the story of our soil is part of our humanity, and our future. Matthew Evans has done a brilliant job of inviting us into the mysteries, stories and understandings of this stuff right under our feet, largely disregarded, but which not a single human alive can do without.' KIRSTEN BRADLEY 'Soil is everyone's business and this book pulls no punches. It lays bare our reliance upon the intricate life beneath our feet. A must-read in every school, local library, community garden, university and for your bookshelf.' COSTA GEORGIADIS 'There's no human health without plant health, no plant health without soil health, and no soil health without terrific books like this one. Matthew Evans has written a robust manifesto for the largest underground movement in the world.' DAMON GAMEAU 'A fascinating read about one of the most important issues facing our planet - the health of the earth, literally.' PETER GILMORE 'A real page-turner. Matthew Evans will take your understanding of soil from being dirt to being a precious and magical resource. With lessons in history, biology, sociology, politics and war, once you're done, you will defend any little or large patch under your care with your life, understanding its utmost importance to the survival of life on earth as we know it' ALEXX STUART
"'A love letter to Mother Earth and entertaining must-read that goes to the heart of our survival' CHARLES MASSY 'A wonderful, exuberant, intelligent, mind-expanding hymn to the soil - sung from the heart of a man who has experienced its miracles. Wonderful stuff.' ISABELLA TREE 'It's a huge task to get a city girl like me who kills pot plants to read thousands of words about soil but Matthew Evans has done it. Page after page of revelation, making visible the complex and vital world beneath our feet. Reading this book is going to make you dig dirt.' DR REBECCA HUNTLEY 'This book is an urgent and passionate plea to take soil seriously, not just for farmers, gardeners and cooks but for anyone who eats.' GABRIELLE CHAN 'This book is for anyone who eats, and therefore benefits from the gifts that are bound up in this soil we all share. Whether you're a gardener, a farmer or just an enjoyer of food, the story of our soil is part of our humanity, and our future. Matthew Evans has done a brilliant job of inviting us into the mysteries, stories and understandings of this stuff right under our feet, largely disregarded, but which not a single human alive can do without.' KIRSTEN BRADLEY 'Soil is everyone's business and this book pulls no punches. It lays bare our reliance upon the intricate life beneath our feet. A must-read in every school, local library, community garden, university and for your bookshelf.' COSTA GEORGIADIS 'There's no human health without plant health, no plant health without soil health, and no soil health without terrific books like this one. Matthew Evans has written a robust manifesto for the largest underground movement in the world.' DAMON GAMEAU 'A fascinating read about one of the most important issues facing our planet - the health of the earth, literally.' PETER GILMORE 'A real page-turner. Matthew Evans will take your understanding of soil from being ""dirt"" to being a precious and magical resource. With lessons in history, biology, sociology, politics and war, once you're done, you will defend any little or large patch under your care with your life, understanding its utmost importance to the survival of life on earth as we know it' ALEXX STUART '... one of the best commentators on anything between the soil and our stomachs.' JAMIE BLACKETT, The Telegraph"
Author Information
Matthew Evans is a former chef and food critic, now Tasmanian smallholder, restaurateur and food activist. He is the star of the long-running SBS TV show The Gourmet Farmer as well as food documentaries What's the Catch? and For the Love of Meat. He is the author of thirteen books, including the authoritative and bestselling Real Food Companion and On Eating Meat.
