Recommended Reading List
The Secret World Beneath Our Feet is Mind-Blowing, May 7,2022, George Monbiot
NRDC, “Regenerative Agriculture: The Philosophy,” 2020
The New York Times Magazine, “Can Dirt Save The Earth?” April 15, 2018, Moises Velasquez-Manoff
Dr. Christine Jones, “SOS: Save Our Soils,” March 2015
David Montgomery: Growing a Revolution (2017), Dirt (2007) and The Hidden Half of Nature (2016)
United Nations Environmental Programme, The Benefits of Soil Carbon, 2012
M. Kat Anderson, Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California Natural Resources (2005)
James Nardi, LIfe in the Soil: A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners (2007)
Scientific Papers
D.S. Powlson, P.C.Prookes, B.T.Christensen, “Measurement of soil microbial biomass provides an early indication of changes in total soil organic matter due to straw incorporation,” 1986.
Michael W. I. Schmidt et al, “Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property,” 2011.
Video
Soil Solutions to Climate Problems, narrated by Michael Pollan
Symphony of the Soil, a documentary by Deborah Koons Garcia, 2012
Carbon Sponge Guide Resources
An example of a Brix Value Chart
Soil Texture Calculator from USDA/NRCS
Carbon Sponge Plant Database