David R. Montgomery
Traced the collapse of historical civilizations to topsoil depletion and erosion, then documented the regenerative-agriculture alternative.
The record
- Standing
- foundational work
- Based
- University of Washington · United States
- Focus area
- Geomorphology
- Works on
- soil erosion, civilization collapse, regenerative agriculture, soil-food-health link, geomorphology.
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The work
Professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington and a MacArthur Fellow (2008). His trilogy on soil, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations (2007), Growing a Revolution (2017), and What Your Food Ate (2022, with Anne Biklé), connects geology, agricultural history, soil biology, and human health for general readers.
Where to read them
- David R. Montgomery — lab or personal site
- Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations (2007)
- The Hidden Half of Nature (2015)
- Growing a Revolution (2017)
- What Your Food Ate (2022)
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