We rely on soil for our food and for the rich biodiversity that defines life on this planet and much of our tradition and folklore. But are we guilty in today’s largely urban age of taking it for granted? If so, at what cost?
In Down to Earth, Robert Ashton explores every aspect of our relationship with soil. He looks at the history of how we have thought about and related to earth over the past half millennium, before telling the stories of practitioners who work with earth today – from gardeners to gravediggers, archaeologists to agriculturalists naturists to naturalists.
Taking us with him on his quest to deepen his own understanding of the ground beneath our feet, he helps develop a more informed view of the importance of soil to all of our lives today.
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