What Your Food Ate Audiobook Libro.fm

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Are you really what you eat

David R Montgomery and Anne Bikl take us far beyond the wellworn adage to deliver a new truth the roots of good health start on farms What Your Food Ate marshals evidence from recent and forgotten science to illustrate how the health of the soil ripples through to that of crops livestock and ultimately us

The longrunning partnerships through which crops and soil life nourish one another suffuse plant and animal foods in the human diet with an array of compounds and nutrients our bodies need to protect us from pathogens and chronic ailments Unfortunately conventional agricultural practices unravel these vital partnerships and thereby undercut our wellbeing Can farmers and ranchers produce enough nutrientdense food to feed us all Can we have quality and quantity

With their trademark thoroughness and knack for integrating information across numerous scientific fields Montgomery and Bikl chart the way forward Navigating discoveries and epiphanies about the world beneath our feet they reveal why regenerative farming practices hold the key to healing sick soil and untapped potential for improving human health