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Film: In Good Heart

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Submitted by PSmall on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 11:51

In Good Heart: Soil and the Mystery of Fertility is a documentary currently in production by Deborah Koons Garcia, director of The Future of Food (2004).

A compelling vision:

Garcia sees cause for optimism all around — in ... the possibility that virtually any soil, treated properly, can be made clean and fertile within three years’ time. “There’s all this positive reinforcement for what we already knew,” said Garcia, ... “There are problems — abusing soil, maybe running out of soil. But I see these solutions as being really possible. Soil scientists are a pretty interesting group of people. And it’s a field where science is joining with the average consumer to change things.”

While this joining of science and consumer is occurring in agriculture, we have a parallel coalescing of science and patrons of sustainable development. Conserving soil against degradation, building soil resilience, and improving soils using a systems approach: from a soils perspective sustainable agriculture and sustainable development are the same movement.

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