I thought the documentary would be interesting because it concerns soil, a rather neglected subject that I've recently read about in a book called The Hidden Half of Nature. And it's soil, right? The film will be about a relatively neutral subject with science backing every idea in it. Alas, it was not like that. Instead, "environmental activist" actors narrate and star into something that is painfully progressive and one sided. It felt political, somehow. How does one politicize dirt?! And it's too bad, because what they said was mostly correct: there are cheap ways of farming sustainably, protecting life, earth, the air, sequestering carbon and giving us tasty food. Decoupled agriculture, plowing and artificial fertilizers are the very opposite of that and only serve chemical manufacturers. But they way they said it. Ugh!
Using science to determine the best way to handle soil, which is the base of everything which is alive on land, is something relatively new. Understanding the role of microorganisms in everything from farming to medicine is relatively new. These subjects deserve recognition and study. Alas, farmers will never connect to something so painfully Californian. My advice: read about the subject and do your own research and experiments. Get acquainted with the way each piece of nature, from the microscopic to the gigantic, function in unison not in isolation.
Bottom line: a fascinating subject, poorly popularized.
Using science to determine the best way to handle soil, which is the base of everything which is alive on land, is something relatively new. Understanding the role of microorganisms in everything from farming to medicine is relatively new. These subjects deserve recognition and study. Alas, farmers will never connect to something so painfully Californian. My advice: read about the subject and do your own research and experiments. Get acquainted with the way each piece of nature, from the microscopic to the gigantic, function in unison not in isolation.
Bottom line: a fascinating subject, poorly popularized.