Reviews
Here, finally, is a book that debunks the growing consensus that in order to protect the planet, your dinner will have to be grown in a test tube. David and Anne examine each strata with scientific precision to remind us once and for all that soil health and human health are--and have always been--one subject., What Your Food Ate is stunningly good. It turns out that the organic pioneers had it right. Eat whole foods grown in healthy soil. In the most accessible way, this book gives a riveting exposé on why that is true., A must read for farmers, ranchers, eaters, and scientists. What Your Food Ate illuminates connections critical to each of us--and our planet., Sure to become a classic--a biological Rosetta Stone that intimately and elegantly shows how the health of soil, plants, animals, and human beings are inseparable.... An exquisitely crafted narrative of ecological literacy that upends more than a century of conventional thinking., David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé are fast becoming rock stars in the emergent fields of regenerative farming and natural health. What Your Food Ate is a brilliant tour de force and a must-read., Anne Biklé and David Montgomery have created what will surely become a classic--a biological Rosetta Stone that intimately and elegantly shows how the health of soil, plants, animals and human beings are inseparable. It is an exquisitely crafted narrative of ecological literacy that upends more than a century of industrial hegemony that fostered the misguided dominance of chemical farms, ultra-processed food, and the global rise of metabolic disease. What Your Food Ate clearly delineates how to restore and regenerate the life of people, food, and land, an offer that could not be more timely, wisdom needed by all.--Paul Hawken, author of Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation Authoritative, informative, and entertaining. Montgomery and Biklé deliver the goods, helping us trace the way an array of health-promoting compounds in food begins with how we treat the soil. What Your Food Ate is both eye-opening and a call-to-action for consumers, farmers, and food companies alike.--Emeran Mayer, author of The Mind-Gut Connection, Authoritative, informative, and entertaining. What Your Food Ate is both eye-opening and a call to action for consumers, farmers, and food companies alike., Experts in food science and soil biology, [Biklé and Montgomery] examine ways in which both conventional and innovative farming practices help determine nutritional qualities. . . the granularity of information provided will especially engage those versed in or curious about food science.
