'What's good for the land, is good for us'
About this episode
ffinlo Costain interviews David R Montgomery about soil health, regenerative farming, and human nutrition.
ffinlo Costain meets David R Montgomery, the author of Dirt: The Erosion of Civilisations . In a warm conversation, they discuss worms, the plough, soil bank accounts, regenerative farming, human nutrition and much more. ffinlo also finds out why human health improved in the UK during the Second World War. Montgomery is also co-author (with Anne Biklé) of What Your Food Ate and The Hidden Half of Nature. His new book, ReGen: A New Future for Farming, Food and Health, is out later in 2026.
Topics covered
- soil health
- regenerative farming
- human nutrition
- agriculture
Keywords
- worms
- plough
- soil bank accounts
- Second World War
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