A review by elerireads
Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet by George Monbiot

hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

Wow this was so interesting and exciting to read. I constantly hear about how destructive agriculture is and the dire state our soil is in, but not a whole lot about any solutions, and this book was brimming with them! Monbiot's curiosity and enthusiasm is infectious - it's got me really wishing I had the means to start up my own experimental farming project. Such an engaging writing style which centres anecdotally on the people he met who were trying different ways to do farming better, but at the same time I am completely reassured of the thoroughness of research and depth of understanding behind it all (sometimes I am quite sceptical of books - especially by journalists - that are structured this way). The notes and references section make up about a third of the thickness of the book, which is always reassuring to me.

My copy is covered in little sticky notes, annotations and underlinings (in pencil of course!) and I expect to be revisiting this as a useful resource. 

My one tiny criticism is that it was a bit slow to get going so it took me a while to get into it properly, but I'm so glad I stuck with it.
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