{"product_id":"call-of-the-reed-warbler-a-new-agriculture-a-new-earth-paperback","title":"Call of the Reed Warbler: A New Agriculture, a New Earth - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Massy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNicolette Hahn Niman\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Charles Massy has written a definitive masterpiece that takes its place along with the writings of Aldo Leopold, Wendell Berry, Masanobu Fukuoka, Humberto Maturana, and Michael Pollan. No work has more brilliantly defined regenerative agriculture and the breadth of its restorative impact upon human health, biodiversity, climate, and ecological intelligence.\"--Paul Hawken\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCall of the Reed Warbler\u003c\/i\u003e, Charles Massy explores regenerative agriculture and the vital connection between our soil and our health. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is the story of how a grassroots revolution--a true underground insurgency--can save the planet, help reduce and reverse climate change, and build healthy people and healthy communities, pivoting significantly on our relationship with growing and consuming food. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing his personal experience as a touchstone--from an unknowing, chemical-using farmer with dead soils to a radical ecologist farmer carefully regenerating a 2000-hectare property to a state of natural health--Massy tells the real story behind industrial agriculture and the global profit-obsessed corporations driving it. With evocative stories, he shows how other innovative and courageous farmers are finding a new way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt stake is not only a revolution in human health and in our communities, but the very survival of the planet. For farmers, backyard gardeners, food buyers, health workers, policy makers, and public leaders alike, \u003ci\u003eCall of the Reed Warbler\u003c\/i\u003e offers a tangible path forward and a powerful and moving paean of hope. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's not too late to regenerate the earth. \u003ci\u003eCall of the Reed Warbler\u003c\/i\u003e shows the way forward for the future of our food supply, our planet, and our health. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Part lyrical nature writing, part storytelling, part solid scientific evidence, part scholarly research, part memoir, [this] book is an elegant manifesto, an urgent call to stop trashing the Earth and start healing it.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Massy\u003c\/b\u003e gained a Bachelor of Science at Australian National University (ANU) in 1976 before going farming for 35 years and developing the prominent Merino sheep stud \"Severn Park\". Concern at ongoing land degradation and humanity's sustainability challenge led him to return to ANU in 2009 to undertake a PhD in Human Ecology. Charles was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for his service as chair and director of a number of research organizations and statutory wool boards. He has also served on national and international review panels in sheep and wool research and development and genomics. Charles has authored several books on the Australian sheep industry, the most recent being the widely acclaimed \u003ci\u003eBreaking the Sheep's Back\u003c\/i\u003e, which was short-listed for the Prime Minister's Australian Literary Awards in Australian History in 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 28, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53092811145440,"sku":"9781603588133","price":33.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/W6XcV0wLOJ9781603588133.webp?v=1781635218","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/call-of-the-reed-warbler-a-new-agriculture-a-new-earth-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}